Abstract: A document is sent from a document server to a relay server in response to a document request from a client. A script is then extracted from the document and is separately stored in a script cache. Then, a script calling portion in the document is substituted with a portion for calling the script stored in the script cache. Then, the resulting document is sent to the client. With this arrangement, when the script in the document is called by the client, it is executed by a script execution device of the relay server.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: A capsule medication administration system includes: a first capsule for internal body marking; a second capsule for medication; a marking device which makes a marking within a living body; a drug retention section which retains a drug; a release device which releases the drug; a detection device which detects the marking; a decision device which decides whether or not a marking which has been detected by the detection device is a specified marking; and a release control device which operates the release device, if it has been decided by the decision device that it is the specified marking; wherein the first capsule comprises the marking device. The second capsule comprises the drug retention section and the release device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cell culturing system that cultures predetermined cells collected from a patient and supplies cultured cells to the original patient, which together with enabling correlations between the cultured cells and the supplier of the cells to be managed accurately and easily at all times, allows cultured cells and patients to be collated rapidly. In a cell culturing system 20 that carries in cells containing stem cells and contains them in an incoming transport container to which is attached unique identification information, transfers the transported cells to and cultures them in a culture container to which is attached unique identification information, and carries out the cultured cells by transferring them to an outgoing transport container to which is attached unique identification information, ID numbers attached to the containers before and after transfer are input from a barcode reader 31 whenever the cells are transferred to a different container.

Abstract: A document is sent from a document server to a relay server in response to a document request from a client. A script is then extracted from the document and is separately stored in a script cache. Then, a script calling portion in the document is substituted with a portion for calling the script stored in the script cache. Then, the resulting document is sent to the client. With this arrangement, when the script in the document is called by the client, it is executed by a script execution device of the relay server.

Abstract: A document is sent from a document server to a relay server in response to a document request from a client. A script is then extracted from the document and is separately stored in a script cache. Then, a script calling portion in the document is substituted with a portion for calling the script stored in the script cache. Then, the resulting document is sent to the client. With this arrangement, when the script in the document is called by the client, it is executed by a script execution device of the relay server.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell culturing method that allows the growth status of cells for transplant to be accurately determined without directly contacting the cells. This cell culturing method is comprised of a step in which cells for transplant 200 and cells for examination 300 are respectively and separately housed in a culture vessel 100 having partitions for separately housing a plurality of samples in a single vessel, a step in which cells for transplant 200 and cells for examination 300 are cultured under identical conditions, and a step in which the growth status of cells for transplant 200 is assessed according to the growth status of cells for examination 300.

Abstract: The present invention generates coded data having always high image quality irrespective of the change amount of a picture. When a difference between two adjacent frames in inputted picture data is calculated as well as a motion vector between the above frames is calculated, and the picture data is encoded based on the difference and the motion vector between the above frames as well as the motion vector is encoded, a scene change in the above picture data is detected based on the difference between the two adjacent frames in the picture data, and the feature quantity of the picture data is calculated. If the above feature quantity exceeds a prescribed threshold value, the number of pixels of the picture data is reduced in a prescribed conversion ratio at the prescribed timing according to the detected scene change.

Abstract: A scene description generating apparatus and method, an object extracting method, and a recording medium extract an object from an input image. Positional information on the extracted object is output. Based on the positional information, scene description information about a placement position of the object in a scene is generated. When the object is deformed, reference to the positional information is made, and the scene description information is generated in which the object deformation is reflected. Accordingly, the object is placed at a desirable position in the scene.

Abstract: In the case where plural encoder outputs are encoded at variable bit rates and are multiplexed to carry out transmission thereof at a fixed or constant bit rate, the output bit rates from respective buffers are controlled on the basis of delay time &tgr;1 from the time when encoding bit rates of video signals Video 1, Video 2 of the respective encoders have been changed. Thus, the multiplexed bit rate is prevented from exceeding the capacity of the transmission path or causing an overflow of an encoder buffer.

Abstract: A document is sent from a document server to a relay server in response to a document request from a client. A script is then extracted from the document and is separately stored in a script cache. Then, a script calling portion in the document is substituted with a portion for calling the script stored in the script cache. Then, the resulting document is sent to the client. With this arrangement, when the script in the document is called by the client, it is executed by a script execution device of the relay server.

Abstract: A user interface system includes a server which includes a scene description converter for converting an input scene description into scene description data having a hierarchical structure, based on an identifier that indicates a division unit for dividing the input scene description, in accordance with hierarchical information. A scene description delivering unit delivers the scene description having the hierarchical structure to a decoding terminal through a transmission medium/recording medium. A scene description storage device stores the scene description.

Abstract: A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description decoding device for decoding converted scene description into decoded scene description, a remote terminal having a scene description decoding device for decoding scene description and converted scene description sent from the server and a display device for displaying decoded scenes and a user input device for receiving user input according to this display, and a display terminal for displaying decoded scenes sent from the server. Thus, decoding can be enabled at terminals having inferior decoding capabilities and display capabilities.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a scene description that conforms to the state of a transmission line or the processing ability of a receiving side can be transmitted. Consequently, occurrence of a drawback such as unexpected missing of part of a scene that is unintended to a transmitting side is avoided. Even when a transmission rate is changed, signals are decoded according to a scene construction that conforms to the resultant transmission rate. A change in information needed to decode signals is explicitly reported to the receiving side. This relieves the receiving side of the necessity of sampling the information, which is needed to decode signals, from the signals. A data transmission system consists mainly of a server that transmits a scene description which describes the structure of multimedia data to be used to construct a scene, and a receiving terminal that constructs the scene according to the scene description.

Abstract: A transmission system is a data delivery system which includes a server for transmitting ES data and a receiving terminal for receiving the transmitted data. The server includes a conversion controller for determining elementary streams (ES's) and a scene description to be transmitted based on transmission priority levels and display priority levels, in accordance with the state of a transmission path and/or a request from the receiving terminal. The server also includes an ES processor and a scene description processor.

Abstract: A special playback controller receives a special playback request from a user. A data storage unit stores data. In response to the special playback request received by the special playback controller, a data converter converts the data stored in the data storage unit into special playback data according to the type of special playback operation. The special playback data converted by the data converter is transmitted to a decoding terminal via a multiplexer, a transmitter, and a communication line, thereby enabling the decoding terminal to perform the special playback operation.