Abstract: A communication apparatus operating under a back scattering system involving processes of QPSK modulation is provided. The apparatus includes: a first signal channel for acquiring a first reflected wave by getting an incoming radio wave directly reflected without wave passage through any phase shifter; a second signal channel for acquiring a second reflected wave having a phase shifted by ?/2 relative to the phase of the first reflected wave through two-way wave passage through a first phase shifter alone; a third signal channel for acquiring a third reflected wave having a phase shifted by ? relative to the phase of the first reflected wave through two-way wave passage through the first and a second phase shifter; and a fourth signal channel for acquiring a fourth reflected wave having a phase shifted by 3?/2 relative to the phase of the first reflected wave through two-way wave passage through the first through a third phase shifter.

Abstract: A color imaging method for adjusting color balance of an imaged picture of an object, which object is imaged by a camera head 3 for generating color imaging signals composed of plural color signals. Based on the relative relation between signal levels of the color signals, level balance control data are generated by an information processing device 5. The level balance control data, generated by the information processing device 5, is stored in LUTs 45R, 45G and 45B, in association with the signal level of plural color signals in each of plural light exposure volumes adjusted by the light stop of an imaging lens 2 adapted for adjusting the light exposure volume of the camera head 3 or the signal charge accumulating time of a CCD image sensor 21. Based on the signal levels of the color signals, the level balance control data associated with the color signals are read out from the LUTs 45R, 45G and 45B for controlling the signal levels of the color signals.

Abstract: In a disc cartridge, the shutter opening/closing operation is to be performed reliably. To this end, the distal ends of a first engagement member 75 and a second engagement member 79 provided to a base 66 are pivotally movable in a direction along a lateral surface of a housing 51, in addition to being movable in a direction perpendicular to the lateral surface of the housing 51. The state of engagement of the first engagement member 75 and the second engagement member 79, provided to the base, with a first mating engagement section 110 and with a second mating engagement section 108, provided to an inner rotor 101, facing outwards from one lateral surface of the housing 51, when the base 66 performs relative movement along the lateral surface of the housing 51, may be maintained for prolonged time, while the load applied to the distal ends during engagement and disengagement may be reduced.

Abstract: This invention provides an inputting apparatus with a reduced number of lines in its connection cable, a simplified structure and improved reliability.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image signal processing apparatus and a method thereof which perform double-speed conversion on images subjected to telecine conversion and in which a first field is specified based on difference values between pixel signal levels calculated with respect to respective detected pixels, write pixel positions which are shifted from the positions of the detected pixels in the vector directions of motion vectors are calculated in a field following the first field, the calculated write pixel positions are stored in correspondence with the motion vectors, interpolation pixel data is calculated from pixel data read from the first field in correspondence with the stored write pixel positions and motion vectors, and the calculated interpolation pixel data is written into the write pixel positions.

Abstract: A semiconductor crystal layer formed by epitaxial growth on a seed crystal substrate is embedded in an insulating material in the condition where the seed crystal substrate is removed, electrodes are provided respectively on a first surface of the semiconductor crystal layer and a second surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first surface, and lead-out electrodes connected to the electrodes are led out to the same surface side of the insulating material. The semiconductor crystal layer functions as a semiconductor light-emitting device or a semiconductor electronic device. The insulating material is, for example, a resin.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus which appropriately selects one out of a plurality of antennae for reception. The receiving apparatus is provided with a reception means for receiving a radio wave via an antenna selected out of the plurality of antennae by a selection means, a reception level signal creation means for creating a reception level signal indicative of reception electric field strength for the received radio wave, an extraction means for eliminating the basic wave components of the radio wave from the reception level signal to create the multiple propagating components of the radio wave in the reception level signal as a multiple propagating wave strength signal, and a reception level signal correction means for correcting the reception level signal by using the multiple propagating wave strength signal to create a corrected reception level signal without the multiple propagating wave components.

Abstract: A radio station and a data packet transmitting/receiving method for carrying out transmitting/receiving operations of data by radio. An identification packet generating section generates an identification packet having a data format in which a broadcast address is caused to be a destination address and a media access control address of a corresponding data station is caused to be a source address to send out a packet to a wireless network and to detect a loop to hold normal a communication state.

Abstract: In a color imaging apparatus, a problem of occupying a transmitting line can be avoided without changing color resolution and angle of view in the case of connecting to the external unit. The present invention provides converting means for converting a first digital component signal S1 which has the data rate of luminance data “Y” and first and second chroma data “U” and “V” being K×N:N:N into a second digital component signal S3 which has the same angle of view as said first digital component signal and has the data rate of the luminance data “Y” and the first and second chroma data “U” and “V” being K×N/M:N:N, thereby a second digital component signal S3 having a small amount of data can be generated without changing the angle of view and the color resolution as against the first digital component signal.

Abstract: The present invention is applied to a portable personal computer or the like having a plurality of wireless communication means, for example, so as to provide a user with appropriate wireless communication means in a situation where a plurality of wireless communication means are available. According to the present invention, the wireless communication means is selectively used in accordance with an application program with reference to a communication management table in which at least wireless communication means allowed to be used is described with regard to respective application programs.

Abstract: To enable a satisfactory suppression of overemphasized component after converting the number of scanning lines of video signal, when the video signal is converted in the number of scanning lines and a high-frequency component at least in a vertical direction of the converted video signal is emphasized, signals delayed by a plurality of stages of time equal to or more than a time required for converting the number of scanning lines are obtained by a delay circuit 18, and an appropriate delay signal is selected from among the plurality of delay signals by a selection circuit 19. The selected delay signal is compared with the emphasized video signal in emphasized-component detector circuits 16a, 16b and the overemphasized component is detected. Processing to suppress the emphasis is performed by suppressor circuits 13a, 13b with respect to a portion where the overemphasized signal component is detected.

Abstract: A display control apparatus controlling display of a program guide includes a first calculator calculating a first display position at which a first index indicating the current time is displayed; a second calculator calculating, when the current time is included in a time slot where a designated program is broadcast, on the basis of the length of a designated program area and the broadcast duration of the designated program, a second display position at which a second index indicating how much of the designated program has been broadcast is displayed; and a display controller controlling the display to display the first index at the first display position to be superimposed on the program guide and, when the current time is included in the time slot in which the designated program is broadcast, to display the second index, instead of the first index, to be superimposed on the designated program area.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display driving signal processor and a display apparatus. A display driving signal processor includes: input means; number-of-horizontal pixels converting means; second clock generating means; and output means. A display apparatus includes: an image displaying portion; input means; number-of-horizontal pixels converting means; second clock generating means; and output means.

Abstract: An optical pickup includes an optical system in which light from a light source is introduced through an objective lens into an optical recording medium and in which light reflected from the optical recording medium is introduced into a light-receiving unit and an objective lens driving unit for driving the objective lens based on a light output detected at said light-receiving unit. In this optical pickup, a diffraction element is provided between the light source and the objective lens, the diffraction element is provided with at least first and second diffraction areas and the first and second diffraction areas have such grating shapes that ±first-order diffracted lights diffracted are received by the light-receiving unit at the position in which 0-th order light and ±first-order diffracted lights generated from guide grooves of the optical recording medium may not overlap with each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal processing device and signal processing method, and program and recording medium, whereby images and the like closer approximating real world signals can be obtained. With regard to an input image of dimensions fewer than the dimensions of actual world light signals, wherein actual world light signals have been projected and a part of the continuity of the actual world light signals has been lost, actual world signals are estimated at an actual world signal estimating unit 10003 from the input image within a processing region set at a processing region setting unit 10001, corresponding to continuity set at a continuity setting unit 10002. On the other hand, information relating to at least one of processing region, continuity, and actual world signals, is supplied from a user I/F 10006 to the processing region setting unit 10001, continuity setting unit 10002, or actual world signal estimating unit 10003, according to user operations.

Abstract: A short arc type high voltage electrical discharge electrode includes an electrode center spindle made from a refractory metal and having a tip; and an electrode main body made from a refractory metal and disposed at the tip of the electrode center spindle. The electrode center spindle is subjected to final sintering, the electrode main body is subjected to temporary sintering, and the final-sintered electrode center spindle is inserted into a center hole of the temporary-sintered electrode main body so as to form combination which is sintered together.

Abstract: A searching system for searching contents that were broadcast, the searching system having an inputting unit, a searching unit, and a terminal unit is disclosed, wherein the inputting unit comprises a first storing means for storing information representing at least time at which contents were broadcast corresponding to a predetermined operation, and a first communicating means for transmitting the information representing time stored in the storing means to an external unit, wherein the searching unit comprises a second storing means for correlatively storing information representing contents and broadcast time thereof, and a searching means for searching information representing the contents stored in the second storing means corresponding to the information representing time, and wherein the terminal unit comprises a second communicating means for receiving the information representing time transmitted from the inputting unit through the first communicating means, a third communicating means for transmitti

Abstract: A photographing apparatus that performs photographing with a camera main body accommodated in a waterproof housing includes a touch panel disposed in overlapping relationship with a display unit of the camera main body. The camera main body is operated by the touch panel, and, when photographing is performed with the camera main body accommodated in the waterproof housing, the operation of operation buttons of the waterproof housing operate corresponding operation buttons of the camera main body.

Abstract: A semiconductor imaging instrument is disclosed, including a prescribed substrate, an imaging device array provided on the substrate and having plural semiconductor imaging devices and electrodes for outputting a signal charge upon photoelectric conversion of received light, and a color filter layer provided on the imaging device array, with an infrared light absorbing dye being contained in the color filter layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission/reception system including a first sender device, a second sender device, and a receiver device. The first device is configured to encrypt stream data by a predetermined encryption method and transmit the encrypted stream data. The second sender device is configured to transmit stream data without encrypting the stream data. The receiver device is configured to receive stream data that is transmitted from the first sender device or the second sender device. The receiver device includes a receiver and a generator. The receiver is configured to receive the stream data that is transmitted from the first sender device or the second sender device. The generator is configured to determine whether the stream data received by the receiver is encrypted, and generate encryption information that indicates the obtained determination result.