Abstract: Field information indicating the field of necessary data is obtained from data stored in each of one or more files. Then, the necessary data is automatically extracted from one or more files, according to the obtained field information and is stored in another file. Thus, necessary data stored in each file generated/accumulated by a plurality of application programs can be easily obtained.

Abstract: When power to a storage device is turned on and the storage device can accept a data input and output request being transmitted from an information processing device, the storage device transmits a power-on request for turning on power to the information processing device. The storage device, when it accepts a stop-power instruction, transmits a stop-power request for stopping power to the information processing device.

Abstract: An optical head and a disk recording and reproducing apparatus using the same. The optical head can realize a stable recording and reproducing with less cross-talk and can be made small and thin by making the objective lens to be small and thin. The optical head includes an optical system including a light source having astigmatic difference and an objective lens that forms an optical spot on an information recording medium. The optical system has optical properties in that the optical spot has an initial astigmatism on the design optical axis, the direction of the initial astigmatism is a direction in which a back-side line focus is substantially perpendicular to the radial direction of the information recording medium, and astigmatism is generated in the direction in which the initial astigmatism of the optical spot is reduced as the objective lens moves in the direction in which the objective lens is more distant from the design optical axis in the radial direction.

Abstract: Full-length cDNAs of plants and their uses are provided. Source plants are preferably monocot plants, more preferably poaceous plants, and most preferably rice. Vectors carrying said cDNAs and transformants containing said cDNAs or said vectors, transgenic plants containing said transformants, polypeptides encoded by said cDNAs are also provided. The full-length cDNA clones play important roles in the annotation of correct gene coding region, determination of exons and introns, comprehensive expression analysis on the transcription level and proteome analysis. Furthermore, full-length cDNA clones are industrially useful in producing plants having different properties from those of the wild type due to the inhibition of expression and functional suppression in plant bodies.

Abstract: In a fuel supply apparatus, a circuit module has a housing, a driving circuit contained in the housing, an electric connector. The circuit module is mounted to a cover member that is disposed to close an opening of a fuel tank. A fuel pump is supported by the cover member in the inside of the fuel tank and receives a driving current from the driving circuit. In the circuit module, the electric connector is integrated with the housing. Accordingly, an external size of the circuit module is reduced.

Abstract: The invention provides a rechargeable electronic timepiece that restarts the operation of a clock circuit by inputting a power source, thereby securely confirming the clock operation. The electronic timepiece includes a first power source (2), a clock circuit (8) connected to the first power source, a power source input detecting circuit (86) for detecting an input of a second power source (3), a switch circuit (7, 9) for connecting the first power source and the second power source, and a control circuit (87) for controlling the switch circuit to connect the first power source and the second power source so that the first power source is charged by the second power source thereby operating the clock circuit when the power source input detecting circuit detects an input of the second power source.

Abstract: A copyright information management system supporting the management and protection of products comprised of digitalized multimedia content in a product distribution environment. The copyright information management system (10) provides a copyright information management center (11), provided in a product distribution environment (15) where products are distributed through communications lines (14) between a product provider (12) including at least one of a copyright owner and distributor and a product user (13) receiving the product, for exchanging information relating to the products through the communications lines (14). The copyright information management center (11) centrally manages all copyright information through the communications lines (14) by preregistering copyright information relating to the individual products in the center (11).

Abstract: When a shift routine is not being executed in an automatic transmission and a difference between an actual turbine speed and a calculated synchronous speed is equal to, or greater than, a preset value ?, a difference ?NT between an estimated turbine speed and the actual speed when the automatic transmission is in a neutral state is calculated. When ?NT is equal to, or less than, a preset value ?, it is determined that a failure related to the neutral state of the automatic transmission has occurred. Also, when ?NT is greater than a preset value ?, it is determined that a failure related to slipping of a frictional engaging element has occurred.

Abstract: An airbag device comprising: an airbag adapted to be expanded and inflated by admitting an inflating gas; and an inflator housed in the airbag for feeding the inflating gas to the inside of the airbag. The airbag includes an airbag body forming a bag-shaped outer peripheral wall, and a reinforcing cloth for preventing a gas leakage from the airbag body. The reinforcing cloth is joined at its peripheral edge on the upstream side of the inflating gas to the outer peripheral wall in the airbag body but is not joined at the edge portion of the reinforcing cloth on the downstream side of the inflating gas.

Abstract: The packet switch performs a scheduling process by selecting a unicast packet or a multicast packet to be output from each of N input buffers such that input lines and output lines cannot conflict each other for a unicast packet, and such that the input lines cannot conflict each other for the multicast packet.

Abstract: An optical modulator which has substantially low loss and has an improvement in voltage reduction is disclosed having an electro-optic lithium niobate substrate. The substrate has first, second and third ridges extending along its surface. Extending along the first and second ridges are first and second waveguides. A first RF electrode extends over the first waveguide and a second slotted electrode including a first section extends over the second waveguide. A second section of the slotted extends parallel to and adjacent to the first section on the third ridge. In summary, this invention provides a slotted ground electrode wherein a slot is formed in the substrate between the slotted electrode.

Abstract: A sensed image and shooting time information corresponding to the sensed image are stored on a memory card. A display unit comprises a plurality of display areas at specific consecutive shooting times and displays the shooting time in the display area. A CPU specifies a display area in which a sensed image corresponding to the shooting time as an image-existing area, and enables the display unit to visibly indicate the image-existing area of the display areas specified as the image-existing area, based on a prescribed condition by a cursor. In this case, when the movement of the display area is instructed, the CPU moves only the image-existing area and indicates the existence of an image, by controlling the movement of the cursor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of screening genes based on expression information differing from gene expression information obtainable by DNA chip/DNA microarray techniques. The method of screening genes comprises performing in situ hybridization in respect of a tissue or cell sample from an organism using a probe which specifically hybridizes with mRNA and/or expression sequence tag being a product of gene expression, and examining localization of the mRNA and/or expression sequence tag in the tissue or cell.

Abstract: In a measurement processing apparatus for measuring a geometric feature of an object image: a measurement-reference-element setting unit automatically sets at least one first measurement reference element for use in measurement of the geometric feature of the object image, at at least one first position on the object image based on first image data representing the object image and position information indicating at least one second position of at least one second measurement reference element which is set on a measurement reference image corresponding to the object image; and a geometric-feature measurement unit measures the geometric feature of the object image based on the at least one first position of the at least one first measurement reference element.

Abstract: An input paper size of a document which is inputted from an application and an output paper size of print data which is printed by the printer are set. In a print control apparatus for forming the print data on the basis of the input paper size and the output paper size which are set, when the input paper size is set, the print control apparatus is executed so as to display the paper sizes which are supported by the printer and the paper sizes which are not supported by the printer so that they can be discriminated.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical apparatus enabling diopter adjustment, etc. to be achieved using, for instance, a reflection type variable-optical property optical element or a variable-optical property mirror but without recourse to any mechanical moving part. The variable-optical property mirror 9 comprises an aluminum-coated thin film 9a and a plurality of electrodes 9b. Via variable resistors 11 and a power source switch 13 a power source 12 is connected between the thin film 9a and the electrodes 9b, so that the resistance values of the variable resistors 11 can be controlled by an operating unit 14. The shape of the thin film 9a as a reflecting surface is controlled by changing the resistance value of each variable resistor 11 in response to a signal from the operating unit 14 in such a manner that the imaging capability of the variable mirror is optimized.

Abstract: A plurality of types of available transmission rates to be used for transmission of data packets are individually managed for each receiver terminal. When there are a plurality of data packets to be transmitted onto a transmission buffer and when it is possible to transmit said plurality of data packets simultaneously, the packet sizes representative of the data amounts of the respective data packets are referred to as well as the transmission rates of the respective data packets associated with the receiver terminals. The packet time lengths (transmission times) defined by the packet sizes and transmission rates are checked for the respective data packets. A plurality of data packets whose packet time lengths are approximately equal to each other are selected regardless of their receiver terminals. The transmissions of the plurality of selected data packets are commenced simultaneously by use of a plurality of radio channels.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 ?m. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 ?m.

Abstract: A flexible semiconductor test structure that may be incorporated into a semiconductor device is provided. The test structure may include a plurality of test pads designed to physically stress conductive lines to which they are attached during thermal cycling. By utilizing test pads with different dimensions (lengths and/or widths), the effects of thermal stress generated by a plurality of conductive lines having corresponding different dimensions may be simulated.

Abstract: The knee-protecting airbag device includes an airbag that protrudes rearward from a housing and deploys upward when fed with inflation gas. The airbag includes an upstream part located toward lower end of the completely inflated airbag and located upstream of inflation gas, and a downstream part located toward upper end of the completely inflated airbag and located downstream of inflation gas. The downstream part is adapted to protect an area from shins to knees of an occupant when the airbag is completely inflated. In the course of airbag inflation, internal pressure of a shin-protecting area, which is part of the downstream part for protecting shins, peaks 5 to 15 ms later than a peak time of internal pressure of the upstream part.