Abstract: In CDMA communications, a base station detects a difference between a reference phase of a spreading code and a phase of a received signal of each terminal station, and feeds a phase jump signal PJ-i representative of the phase difference back to each terminal station. After timing acquisition, the reception operation is performed using the reference phase, and a shift amount between the phase of a received signal and the reference phase is fed back to each terminal station as phase synchronization control information PC-i. Each terminal station coarsely adjusts the phase of the spreading code in accordance with the phase jump signal PJ-i, and thereafter finely adjusts the phase of its transmitting signal in accordance with the phase synchronization control information PC-i. It is therefore possible to synchronize the phases of the signals transmitted from terminal stations and received at the base station. Accordingly, an orthogonal code is used for spreading on the reverse links.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus employing an orthogonal frequency division multiplex system. A receiver included therein analyzes a cross-correlation value sequence signal (CT) which has been acquired from the arithmetic operation of the correlation between a received signal and a predetermined symbol signal to detect an effective correlation peak in which the inter-symbol interference becomes minimum, and on the basis of the effective correlation peak thus detected, carries out the processing of synchronizing a reception sampling clock, and the control for the frame timing and the symbol timing of the receiver.

Abstract: An image information displaying method and apparatus for the edition of a motion picture are disclosed in which representative image representing a series of frame images forming the motion picture are displayed on a screen of a display device and a hierarchical structure based on a plurality of representative images is generated on the screen through an operation using a GUI to perform the edition of the motion picture. A plurality of frame images included in the representative image are subjected to an image detection processing for detecting frame images having a predetermined image recorded thereon. Information indicating the detected frame image having the predetermined image recorded thereon is displayed as a detection result displaying window on the screen. Information concerning frame images having not been subjected to the image detection processing is displayed on the detection result displaying window.

Abstract: An image signal processing method and an image signal processing apparatus for processing the color component signal obtained from a solid-state image pickup device including an arrangement of a plurality of photoelectric elements and a color filter arranged in the light receiving section of each pixel corresponding to the photoelectric element, an image signal generating apparatus and a computer program product for the image signal processing method. A color component signal is fetched from a designated pixel corresponding to the photoelectric element having a filter that can transmit the green light on a line of the solid-state image pickup device. A color component signal is also fetched from a pixel corresponding to the photoelectric element having a filter for transmitting at least the green light on another line, which pixel is located in the neighborhood of the designated pixel.

Abstract: A data transmission system for transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver located away therefrom. The transmitter includes circuitry for transmitting together a main signal having a carrier modulated with main data to be transmitted and as well as a sub-signal to be used in frequency conversion and generated by modulating a carrier of a predetermined frequency out of a frequency band of the main signal. The receiver includes circuitry for receiving a receive signal from the transmitter and extracting the sub-signal therefrom and also includes circuitry for generating a signal to be used as a reference at the time of converting the receive signal to a signal having a predetermined frequency on the basis of the extracted sub-signal.

Abstract: An intruding object detecting method and an intruding object detecting apparatus for judging whether an detected object is an intruding object or not even in the condition that there are shadows of moving objects other than target objects to be detected, such as shaking trees, leaves thereof, etc.

Abstract: A television signal processor generates a wide dynamic range video signal on the basis of a first video signal matched to the brightness of a low-brightness region of an object image, and a second video signal matched to the brightness of a high-brightness region of the object image, and adjusting means for subjecting the first and second video signals individually to white balance process. The television signal processor further has means for detecting histogram values of particular signal level regions of the second video signal, means for detecting the peak value of the second video signal, means for determining a combining ratio of the first and second video signals according to the detected peak value and combining ratio, nonlinear processing means for nonlinear-processing the first video signal according to the detected histogram value, and combining means for combining the nonlinear-processed first and second video signals at a predetermined combining ratio.

Abstract: A power amplifier having a negative feedback circuit for a transmitter and a control method for its phase are arranged as follows. An I-component baseband signal is added to an I-component baseband feedback signal for producing an I-component adding signal. A Q-component baseband signal is added to a Q-component baseband feedback signal for producing a Q-component adding signal. A modulator orthogonally modulates a carrier signal by the I-component adding signal and the Q-component adding signal. An amplifying circuit operates to amplify the quadrature-modulated signal. A demodulating circuit orthogonally demodulates the part of the output of the amplifying circuit and the carrier signal and then outputs the I-component baseband feedback signal and the Q-component baseband feedback signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting an object in the image pickup field by template matching and tracking the detected object. An intruding object is detected from an image acquired by an image pickup device which takes the image of an image pickup field. A template image is formed from the detected object and is stored in a storing unit. A template matching is performed between a present input image of the image pickup field and the template image stored in the storing unit to detect the location of that part of the object which has a maximum degree of coincidence with the template image. An edge detection of the object is performed over a predetermined search area in the present input image which area includes the detected part of the object having a maximum degree of coincidence. Based on results of the edge detection, the detected part of the object is corrected and is determined as the present location of the object.

Abstract: In CDMA communications, a base station detects a difference between a reference phase of a spreading code and a phase of a received signal of each terminal station, and feeds a phase jump signal PJ-i representative of the phase difference back to each terminal station. After timing acquisition, the reception operation is performed using the reference phase, and a shift amount between the phase of a received signal and the reference phase is fed back to each terminal station as phase synchronization control information PC-i. Each terminal station coarsely adjusts the phase of the spreading code in accordance with the phase jump signal PJ-i, and thereafter finely adjust the phase of its transmitting signal in accordance with the phase synchronization control information PC-i. It is therefore possible to synchronize the phases of signals transmitted from terminal stations and received at the base station. Accordingly, an orthogonal code is used for spreading on reverse links.

Abstract: A communication method in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation communication system includes a transmission apparatus in which a frequency bandwidth of a signal modulated in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation system is changed and the modulated signal is transmitted and a receiving apparatus in which the modulated signal is received and a frequency bandwidth for demodulation of the received signal is changed to follow the change of the frequency bandwidth of the modulated signal.

Abstract: In CDMA communications, a base station detects a difference between a reference phase of a spreading code and a phase of a received signal of each terminal station, and feeds a phase jump signal PJ-i representative of the phase difference back to each terminal station. After timing acquisition, the reception operation is performed using the reference phase, and a shift amount between the phase of a received signal and the reference phase is fed back to each terminal station as phase synchronization control information PC-i. Each terminal station coarsely adjusts the phase of the spreading code in accordance with the phase jump signal PJ-i, and thereafter finely adjusts the phase of its transmitting signal in accordance with the phase synchronization control information PC-i. It is therefore possible to synchronize the phases of the signals transmitted from terminal stations and received at the base station. Accordingly, an orthogonal code is used for spreading on the reverse links.

Abstract: A multi-carrier modulation apparatus to which transmultiplexers are applied. A multiplexing signal is treated as a synthesis of a plurality of multiplexed signals which are separated by a wider interval than the multiplexing frequency interval. Signals of channels 1 to M continuously frequency-multiplexed at a channel interval fB are treated as a synthetic signal of signals of channel 1 to channel 2N−1 and signals of channel 1 to channel 2N which are frequency-multiplexed at a channel interval 2fB. Individual multiplexed signals are synthesized by a plurality of transmultiplexers of less multiplexing number to make characteristics of polyphase filters required for the transmultiplexers less sharp.

Abstract: A moving picture editing method and apparatus that edits a moving picture fed from a video material source by working on editing windows displayed on a display to divide a video material into a plurality of cut images each formed of a plurality of frame images, display the representative frame images of each of said cut images on the screen of the display, select the representative frame images, assemble a hierarchical structure formed of a plurality of frame images, display the hierarchical structure, select one or a plurality of the representative frame images as a scene image, incorporate the frame images representative of the scene image in the hierarchical structure, display a tentative indicator image capable of representing an arbitrary video material on the display, incorporate said tentative indicator image in the hierarchical structure, and thus generate the hierarchical structure.

Abstract: A high definition television image pickup apparatus includes a high definition television image pickup element for outputting a video signal, and a high definition television video signal correction circuit for correcting the video signal and outputting a corrected video signal having a first predetermined characteristic value being suitable for high definition television system which is a high definition television video signal. A transmission path transmits the high definition television video signal and a television signal conversion circuit converts the high definition television video signal into a first standard television video signal. A standard television video signal correction circuit corrects the first standard television video signal and outputs a corrected video signal having a second predetermined characteristic value suitable for a second standard television video signal.

Abstract: A method of editing digital video information including a plurality of video image data and audio data associated with each of the video image data, having the steps of selecting a frame reading pattern from some reproduction patterns stored in a memory according to a specified reproduction mode of video information, reading the video image data from a video image data source according to the selected frame reading pattern, reading the audio data from an audio data source according to an audio reading pattern corresponding to the frame reading pattern, producing the read video image data at a predetermined frame rate, and producing the read audio data in synchronism with the produced video image data.

Abstract: A method of updating a reference background image used for detecting objects entering an image pickup view field based on the binary image generated from the difference between an input image and the reference background image of the input image. The image pickup view field is divided into a plurality of view field areas, and a reference background image corresponding to each of the fixed divided view field areas is updated. An entering object detection apparatus using this method has an input image processing unit including an image memory storing an input image from an image input unit, a program memory storing the program for activating the entering object detecting unit, a work memory and a central processing unit activating the entering object detecting unit in accordance with the program.

Abstract: An apparatus for editing a moving picture having related information including an input unit for inputting said moving picture and the related information, a detecting unit for detecting change points of the moving picture and dividing the moving picture into scenes and cuts, a selecting unit for extracting a still image representing each of the scenes and cuts, a memory for storing the related information and the representative still images of the scenes and cuts, apparatus for designating representative still images of the scenes and cuts to edit the moving picture, apparatus for determining a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure including layers in accordance with the scenes and cuts, a display for displaying the hierarchical structure and the related information, and a controller for controlling the memory and the display.

Abstract: A digital signal communication system includes a transmission circuit or a receiving circuit for digitally transmitting two types of signals by orthogonal modulation. The transmission circuit includes an orthogonal modulator and a nonrecursive digital low-pass filter having the same frequency characteristic as a predetermined frequency characteristic of the output signal of the orthogonal modulator. The receiving circuit includes an orthogonal demodulator and a nonrecursive digital low-pass filter having the same frequency characteristic as a predetermined frequency characteristic of the output signal of the orthogonal demodulator. The total number of taps required for determining the frequency characteristic of the nonrecursive digital low-pass filter is set to H, and the series of tap coefficients is set as C1, C2, C3, . . . , CH, where H is an arbitrary positive integer of not less than 2.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for editing a moving image display a plurality of representative images, each representing a specific frame image among a plurality of serial frame images constituting the moving image, by arranging the representative images on a screen of a display unit. The method and the apparatus for editing a moving image also detect a feature of video data of the moving image or of the representative images based on the video data. The representative images are then displayed on the screen in a manner different from a previous arrangement or display mode based on the detected feature.