Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a continuous fiber nonwoven fabric including a hollow fiber having excellent strength, in particular mono-filament strength, and having high hollowness even when formed to a fine filament. A continuous fiber nonwoven fabric includes a hollow fiber including a propylene polymer having a ratio of the Z average molecular weight (Mz) and the weight average molecular weight (Mw), (Mz/Mw), in the range of 1.5 to 1.9, and in a preferred embodiment having a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) and the number average molecular weight (Mn), (Mw/Mn), in the range of 2.0 to 2.9.

Abstract: There is provided a continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric excellent in terms of bulkiness, flexibility, and shape stability. The continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric comprises eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber containing a part (A), a part containing a higher melting-point thermoplastic resin (A), and a part (B), a part containing a lower melting-point thermoplastic resin (B), the parts (A) and (B) having been bonded to each other in a side by side arrangement, wherein the difference in melting point between the higher melting-point thermoplastic resin (A) and the lower melting-point thermoplastic resin (B) is 5° C. or greater, the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has a part (A):part (B) proportion in the range of 5 to 30 weight %:95 to 70 weight %, the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has a cross-section in which the thickness (a) of the part (A) is smaller than the thickness (b) of the part (B), and the eccentric hollow conjugated continuous fiber has been crimped.

Abstract: There is provided a sheet for barrier leg cuffs for use in absorbent products, such as disposal diapers. The sheet has excellent air permeability and is highly effective in preventing the leakage of loose feces. The sheet for barrier leg cuffs is made from a continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric having a ratio of thickness to basis weight equal to or higher than 0.015 mm/(g/m2). Preferably, the sheet for barrier leg cuffs is made from a continuous-fiber nonwoven fabric containing a fiber mixture of thermoplastic elastomer continuous fiber and extensible continuous fiber. The sheet for barrier leg cuffs according to the present invention has air permeability, is highly effective in preventing the leakage of loose feces, and is flexible and hence excellent in terms of feel against skin; thus, it can be suitably used in barrier leg cuffs of disposable diapers, sanitary products, and other absorbent products.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit that determines at least one embed area in an area that is not accessed by an application in an image. An embedding unit embeds at least one piece of embed information into the embed area. A quantizer quantizes the image embedded with the embed information. An encoder encodes the image quantized.

Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a non-woven fabric that is excellent in bulkiness, flexibility, and feeling, in which less fibers drop out even in the case wherein the non-woven fabric is used for an application such as clothing items and a wiping cloth in which a surface of a non-woven fabric is rubbed, that is, excellent in a lint-free property. A mixed continuous fiber non-woven fabric in accordance with the present invention is characterized by comprising a split continuous fiber and a crimped continuous fiber, and is preferably characterized in that a total amount of the crimped continuous fiber is in the range of 10 to 90% by weight (where a total weight of a split continuous fiber and a crimped continuous fiber is 100% by weight).

Abstract: A server deletes a mask object in a structured text as a part of a shared text. A client issues a mask object constituting each layout object of the structured text, according to the authority of the client, and adds the mask object to the shared text data from which the mask object received from the server is deleted. With this arrangement, information written in the shared text is made unreadable according to the authority of the user of the client, thereby achieving access control to a part of the shared text.

Abstract: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99 weight parts of (ii) a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 45 to 89 mole % of propylene, 10 to 25 mole % of ethylene and the balance of ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (with the proviso that the copolymerized amount of the ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms does not exceed 30 mole %), characterized by a small residual strain after stretching at a stretch ratio of 150%. The nonwoven fabric can be effectively used as sanitary materials or the like by virtue of its characteristics including stretch properties.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, an encoding unit encodes a processed image; a determining unit determines whether a reference pixel has been subjected to the image processing; and a decoding unit decodes, when the determining unit determines that the reference pixel has been subjected to the image processing, a piece of rectangular block code data of a rectangular block thereby acquiring a second decoded image. The encoding unit refers to, when the determining unit determines that the reference pixel has been subjected to the image processing, the processed image and encodes the second decoded image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a block decompression unit that decompresses, block by block, a compressed code formed of a plurality of blocks into which image data is divided, where the compressed code is encoded block by block; and a rendering control unit that causes a code to be decompressed and rendered on a display unit, where the code corresponds to at least one of the blocks which one is renderable in the rendering region of the display unit.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a plurality of clients, a plurality of servers, and a computer. The computer includes a user application and a multi-target controller. The user application interactively operates with a user. The multi-target controller causes the plurality of clients to synchronously access the plurality of servers in response to a request from the user application, acquire from the plurality of servers a plurality of pieces of target data corresponding to a plurality of sub-regions in a draw region of the user application, and expand the plurality of pieces of target data into a plurality of pieces of draw data. The multi-target controller further combines the plurality of pieces of draw data returned from the plurality of clients into single draw data and passes the single draw data to the user application.

Abstract: An apparatus for coding and decoding includes a decoding unit which decodes compressed and coded data to restore original image data, a storing unit which stores additional information other than the image data in memory, and a coding unit which encodes at least a portion of the additional information stored in said memory as information additional to the image data when performing second-time encoding of the image data decoded by said decoding unit.

Abstract: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99 weight parts of (ii) a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 45 to 89 mole % of propylene, 10 to 25 mole % of ethylene and the balance of ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (with the proviso that the copolymerized amount of the ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms does not exceed 30 mole %), characterized by a small residual strain after stretching at a stretch ratio of 150%. The nonwoven fabric can be effectively used as sanitary materials or the like by virtue of its characteristics including stretch properties.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a decompressing unit decompressing image data having a first data compression format, an obtaining unit obtaining a second data compression format that is applicable for decompression by another image processing apparatus, a re-compressing unit re-compressing the decompressed image data with the second data compression format obtained by the obtaining unit, and a transmitting unit transmitting the re-compressed image data to the other image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99 weight parts of (ii) a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 45 to 89 mole % of propylene, 10 to 25 mole % of ethylene and the balance of ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (with the proviso that the copolymerized amount of the ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms does not exceed 30 mole %), characterized by a small residual strain after stretching at a stretch ratio of 150%. The nonwoven fabric can be effectively used as sanitary materials or the like by virtue of its characteristics including stretch properties.

Abstract: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99 weight parts of (ii) a propylene/ethylene/?-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing 45 to 89 mole % of propylene, 10 to 25 mole % of ethylene and the balance of ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms (with the proviso that the copolymerized amount of the ?-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms does not exceed 30 mole %), characterized by a small residual strain after stretching at a stretch ratio of 150%. The nonwoven fabric can be effectively used as sanitary materials or the like by virtue of its characteristics including stretch properties.

Abstract: A server deletes a mask object in a structured text as a part of a shared text. A client issues a mask object constituting each layout object of the structured text, according to the authority of the client, and adds the mask object to the shared text data from which the mask object received from the server is deleted. With this arrangement, information written in the shared text is made unreadable according to the authority of the user of the client, thereby achieving access control to a part of the shared text.

Abstract: A code transforming apparatus inputs therein a first codestream of a target file, and outputs a second codestream transformed from the first codestream. In the code transforming apparatus, a BOX decomposing unit extracts BOX information from the first codestream. A sharing/referencing determining unit determines whether sharing process or referencing process is to be performed on the BOX information. A sharing/referencing processing unit performs the sharing process or the referencing process on the BOX information based on a determination result from the sharing/referencing determining unit. The sharing/referencing processing unit can specify a logical set of codes on a referenced side as a unit of reference for referencing an incremental codestream.

Abstract: An image decompressing system includes the processes of: a) determining a size of a decompressed image; b) determining a decomposition level to which decomposition-level-type inverse wavelet transform is performed; and c) decompressing given wavelet transform coefficients to the decomposition level determined by the step b), wherein the step b) determines the decomposition level such that wavelet transform coefficients in the thus-determined decomposition level have a size equal to or nearest to the size of the decomposed image determined by the step a).

Abstract: In a still image decompression process, operations of respective parts of a still image decompression apparatus are controlled so as to limit the operations into those such that a decompressed image on a specific LL subband is obtained.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit that determines at least one embed area in an area that is not accessed by an application in an image. An embedding unit embeds at least one piece of embed information into the embed area. A quantizer quantizes the image embedded with the embed information. An encoder encodes the image quantized.