Abstract: A control system comprises a plurality of peripheral devices represented as objects, and a controller connectable to the plurality of peripheral devices via a common communication line for unitarily controlling the plurality of peripheral devices. The controller is arranged to be connected to an arbitrary number of peripheral devices selected from among the plurality of peripheral devices, read control information stored in the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line into a predetermined memory area of the controller in a predetermined format so that the controller can control the arbitrary number of peripheral devices. The controller is also arranged to issue a command and transmit the command to each of the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus, a video signal is divided for each field into a plurality of sub-fields, each of which is weighted according to the duration of time or number of pulses. The plurality of sub-fields are temporally superimposed for display, so that a grayscale representation is provided. A video signal for the current field is delayed by one field, and output as a video signal for the previous field. Based on the video signal for the current field and the video signal for the previous field, a luminance gradient of an image is detected. A difference between the video signal for the current field and the video signal for the previous field is calculated. Based on the calculated difference and the detected gradient, the amount of motion of the image is calculated by a detecting circuit. Based on the calculated amount of motion of the image, dynamic false contours are reduced by an image data processing circuit.

Abstract: A binarizer binarizes a video signal input from an A/D converter and a video signal output from a line memory using an average luminance value provided from a detection window video signal processor as a threshold value, and outputs a binary pattern. A reference pattern generator generates a plurality of reference patterns. An angle detector compares the binary pattern with each of the plurality of reference patterns, and outputs the angle of a matched reference pattern as angle information. An arc shape detector outputs the edge angle information of a picture based on a combination of the angle information of an interpolation scanning line including an object interpolation pixel and the angle information of interpolation scanning lines above and below the interpolation scanning line.

Abstract: A first video signal generation circuit newly generates pixels between pixels in a first progressive video field signal outputted by a first progressive video generation circuit, and outputs a third progressive video field signal. A second video signal generation circuit newly generates pixels between pixels in a second progressive video field signal outputted by a second progressive video generation circuit, and outputs a fourth progressive video field signal. A comparison circuit compares the third progressive video field signal and the fourth progressive video field signal, and outputs the result of the comparison as motion amount information. An output circuit synthesizes an intra-field interpolation signal and a frame interfiled interpolation signal on the basis of the motion amount information, and outputs a composite signal as a progressive video signal.

Abstract: The combination patterns of emissions and non-emissions from the n-th sub-field to the m-th sub-field (where m and n are integers smaller than the total number of sub-fields, and m is greater than n) for a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel that are vertically and horizontally adjacent in each of the areas in a display panel are different from one another. Among the first pixel to the fourth pixel vertically and horizontally adjacent in each area of the display panel, the grayscale value displayed by each of the first pixel and the second pixel arranged in one diagonal positions is lower than the average of the grayscale values displayed by the first pixel to the fourth pixel, while the grayscale value displayed by each of the third pixel and the fourth pixel arranged in the other diagonal positions is higher than the average of the grayscale values displayed by the first pixel to the fourth pixel.

Abstract: A syringe barrel is provided with a hollow barrel body, a needle fitting arranged extending in an axial direction from a front end of the barrel body, and a finger flange arranged extending in an outward direction from a rear end of the barrel body. The syringe barrel features that a contour of the barrel body is a polygon in a cross-section taken at right angles to a central axis of the barrel body or that the barrel body is provided with at least one planar surface section formed on an outer peripheral wall of the barrel body. A syringe includes the above-described syringe barrel, a plunger slidably inserted in the syringe barrel, and a piston secured on the plunger.

Abstract: A plurality of interlaced video signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of continuous fields are generated by first, second, and third one-field delay circuits on the basis of an inputted interlaced video signal. A first progressive video field signal is generated by a first progressive video generation circuit on the basis of the plurality of interlaced video signals. A second progressive video field signal is generated by a second progressive video generation circuit on the basis of the plurality of interlaced video signals. Motion amount information in the vertical direction of a picture is calculated by a comparison circuit on the basis of the first progressive video field signal and the second progressive video field signal.

Abstract: The combination patterns of emissions and non-emissions from the n-th sub-field to the m-th sub-field (where m and n are integers smaller than the total number of sub-fields, and m is greater than n) for a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel that are vertically and horizontally adjacent in each of the areas in a display panel are different from one another. Among the first pixel to the fourth pixel vertically and horizontally adjacent in each area of the display panel, the grayscale value displayed by each of the first pixel and the second pixel arranged in one diagonal positions is lower than the average of the grayscale values displayed by the first pixel to the fourth pixel, while the grayscale value displayed by each of the third pixel and the fourth pixel arranged in the other diagonal positions is higher than the average of the grayscale values displayed by the first pixel to the fourth pixel.

Abstract: An image signal processing device has an LSI including a ROM access control circuit for holding data for controlling an operation of a video signal processing unit, and a flush ROM that is disposed outside the LSI, holds control data to be transmitted to the ROM access control circuit, and allows data read to be controlled by the ROM access control circuit. The data transferred between the flush ROM and the ROM access control circuit has data that must be updated every field and data that does not need to be updated every field. The data is transferred in a vertical blanking time period of the video output data. This configuration allows certain transfer of required data using the vertical blanking time period.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing complementary color image data output from an image capturing element including a complementary-color filter is provided. The apparatus comprises a middle-high-range luminance component compensation section for compensating for a middle-high-range luminance component of a low-frequency luminance signal generated based on the complementary color image data such that the low-frequency luminance signal has substantially an ideal frequency characteristic which is lower than or equal to a predetermined frequency.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus, a video signal is divided for each field into a plurality of sub-fields, each of which is weighted according to the duration of time or number of pulses. The plurality of sub-fields are temporally superimposed for display, so that a grayscale representation is provided. A video signal for the current field is delayed by one field, and output as a video signal for the previous field. Based on the video signal for the current field and the video signal for the previous field, a luminance gradient of an image is detected. A difference between the video signal for the current field and the video signal for the previous field is calculated. Based on the calculated difference and the detected gradient, the amount of motion of the image is calculated by a detecting circuit. Based on the calculated amount of motion of the image, dynamic false contours are reduced by an image data processing circuit.

Abstract: A control system comprises a plurality of peripheral devices represented as objects, and a controller connectable to the plurality of peripheral devices via a common communication line for unitarily controlling the plurality of peripheral devices. The controller is arranged to be connected to an arbitrary number of peripheral devices selected from among the plurality of peripheral devices, read control information stored in the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line into a predetermined memory area of the controller in a predetermined format so that the controller can control the arbitrary number of peripheral devices. The controller is also arranged to issue a command and transmit the command to each of the arbitrary number of peripheral devices via the communication line.

Abstract: A control device for controlling a network device connected to a network. The control device comprises a communication interface adapted to receive description information of the network device from the network device via the network, and a controller adapted to automatically generate an object for the network device using the description information after the description information is received from the network device. The object is adapted to generate a control panel for controlling the network device.

Abstract: A data processing system includes: at least one function module connected to a single system bus; a data transfer controller which outputs a first bus use permission request signal based on a data transfer request signal output from the at least one function module; a central processing unit connected to the system bus which outputs a second bus use permission request signal; an arbitration controller for determining, based on the first and second bus use permission request signals, which of the data transfer controller and the central processing unit should obtain a permission to use the system bus; a section for setting a first data amount which can be continuously transferred by the at least one function module; a section for suspending an output of the first bus use permission request signal to the arbitration controller for at least one clock cycle after a data transfer by the at least one function module is completed; and a section for giving the permission to use the system bus to one of the data trans