Abstract: An endoscope comprising an operation part, and an intracavital insertion part attached to the operation part and formed of a flexible tube, wherein the yarn employed for the component member of the flexible tube and the yarn employed for fixing the internal member contained in the flexible tube respectively contain aramid fiber.

Abstract: First, at step S1, i=0 is set. At step S2, data comprising M samples is fetched. At step S3, an M-point DFT is applied to the data fetched at step S2 above. At step S4, an obtained y(k) is multiplied by a twist coefficient w(i, k). The result is placed in y(k). At step S5, the value in y(k) is overwritten to an array x which contains original data. The above processing is repeated N/M times through steps S6 and S7 until all the input data is processed. At step S9, an FFT with N/M (=2n) points is performed within the range of 0?k<M. Finally, at step S12, a sort is performed.

Abstract: The Computer System consists of components including more than one Computer and Storage Subsystem to which more than one Computer are connected. The Storage Subsystem is equipped with more than one Storage Unit, Management Table registering information to manage Storage Units accessible by each of the Computers and Controller to control accesses by more than one Computer to more than one Storage Unit. The controller controls the accesses according to the information set in the Management Table when the Storage Unit is accessed by the Computer.

Abstract: An electron beam length-measurement apparatus for measuring a length of a predetermined portion of an object by using an electron beam, includes: an electron gun for emitting the electron beam; a deflecting unit for deflecting the electron beam; an object holding unit on which the object is to be placed; a detector for detecting electrons that are scattered by the electron beam; a memory for storing layout position information that specifies a layout position at which the predetermined portion of the object; a length-measurement scanning controller for controlling the deflecting unit to scan with the electron beam to allow the layout position on the object to be irradiated with the electron beam; and a measurement unit operable to measure the length of the predetermined portion of the object based on a changing manner of the electrons successively detected by the detector while the length-measurement scanning controller scans with the electron beam.

Abstract: A signal encoding apparatus (10) limits an inputted time series signal to a low frequency band signal having a certain cut-off frequency or less to include the low frequency band signal into code train for outputting encoded low frequency band code train. In addition, the signal encoding apparatus (10) adaptively determines aliasing frequency fa, shift frequency fsh or tone•noise synthesis information r used for generation of high frequency band signal at the decoding side to include these information into code train outputted along with high frequency band spectrum envelope information as high frequency band generation information.

Abstract: Slider side track faces are inclined relative to rail side track faces in a no load state by predetermined included angles which cancel amounts of inclinations of elastic deformation by a preload such that the track faces opposed to each other are in parallel with each other in a state of being loaded with the preload.

Abstract: A linear guide apparatus has a guide rail having a rolling-element rolling groove formed on a side thereof along in an axial direction; and a slider having a rolling-element rolling groove disposed so as to be opposed to the rolling-element rolling groove of the guide rail, the slider moving relatively in the axial direction of the guide rail with rolling elements rollably interposed between the two rolling-element rolling grooves, and a crowning portion disposed on the both axial ends of the rolling-element rolling groove of the slider, wherein a maximum value of sum of load in an axial direction applied on the crowing portion on the both axial ends of the slider by the rolling elements is set to be smaller than a maximum value of load in the axial direction applied on one of the crowning portions of the slider by one rolling element.

Abstract: A computer system including plural computers, a management console for installing a program in the computers and a storage subsystem coupled to each computer and management console. The storage subsystem includes a first storage unit shared by the computers and plural second storage units corresponding to the computers. The first storage unit stores a file related to each installed program and an installer program for installing a program. The second storage units each store an install agent and a control file accessed by the install agent. The management console includes an install manager for starting each install agent by switching on power to a corresponding computer. Upon starting, the install agent starts the installer program based on the control file. The installer program reads a related file from the first storage unit, and transfers it to the second storage unit of the corresponding computer, thereby installing the program.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having at least one yellow dye image-forming layer, at least one magenta dye image-forming layer, and at least one cyan dye image-forming layer, each provided on a transparent support,

Abstract: A computer system including a plurality of computers, a management console operated by the operator to install a program in the computers and a storage subsystem coupled to the computers and the management console is disclosed. The storage subsystem includes a first storage unit shared by the computers and a plurality of second storage units exclusively used by the computers respectively. The first storage unit has stored therein a file related to the program installed in the computers and an installer program for executing the work of installing a program. The second storage units have each stored therein an install agent executed by each computer and a control file accessed by the install agent. The management console includes an install manager for starting the execution of the install agent on each computer. The install manager starts the process according to the install agent on each computer by switching on the power supply of each computer.

Abstract: A user-interface of a device renders a first object and a second object, each object with data of a business application. The device is either of a first type or of a second type. In the device, an interpreter receives an application specification document with a statement. The statement indicates to render the first and second objects in an assembly. The interpreter identifies a presentation pattern for the assembly from predefined first and second presentation patterns according to the type of the device so that the assembly is rendered according to the presentation pattern.

Abstract: A rolling guide apparatus comprises a first slide member and second slide member. The first slide member includes a pair of wing portions and a connecting portion connecting the wing portions. First raceway grooves are formed on the wing portions, individually. Second raceway grooves are formed on the second slide member. Rolling elements are held under a pre-load between the raceway grooves. A residual compression stress region is created on the surface region of the first slide member. A worked portion is formed on the connecting portion. The worked portion serves to adjust the pre-load on the rolling elements by regulating the residual compression stress region by working to deform the connecting portion.

Abstract: A linear guide apparatus has a guide rail having a rolling-element rolling groove formed on a side thereof along in an axial direction; and a slider having a rolling-element rolling groove disposed so as to be opposed to the rolling-element rolling groove of the guide rail, the slider moving relatively in the axial direction of the guide rail with rolling elements rollably interposed between the two rolling-element rolling grooves, and a crowning portion disposed on the both axial ends of the rolling-element rolling groove of the slider, wherein a maximum value of sum of load in an axial direction applied on the crowing portion on the both axial ends of the slider by the rolling elements is set to be smaller than a maximum value of load in the axial direction applied on one of the crowning portions of the slider by one rolling element.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for encoding an input signal on the time base through orthogonal transform involves removing the correlation of signal waveform on the basis of the parameters obtained by means of linear predictive coding (LPC) analysis and pitch analysis of the input signal on the time base prior to the orthogonal transform. The time base input signal from input terminal is sent to a normalization circuit section and a LPC analysis circuit. The normalization circuit section removes the correlation of the signal waveform and takes out the residue by an LPC inverse filter and pitch inverse filter and sends the residue to an orthogonal transform circuit section. The LPC parameters from the LPC analysis circuit and the pitch parameters from the pitch analysis circuit are sent to a bit allocation calculation circuit.

Abstract: A linear guide bearing apparatus has a guide rail including a first raceway groove; a movable element including a second raceway groove and a rolling element return groove connected continuously with the second raceway groove through curved grooves respectively formed in the two end portions of the second raceway groove, the movable element being movably fitted with the guide rail; a plurality of rolling elements loaded in a circulation passage including the first raceway groove, the second raceway groove, the curved grooves, and the rolling element return groove for moving the movable element along the guide rail; and, an under-seal disposed in the movable element for sealing a space between the guide rail and the movable element, wherein the under-seal includes a sliding contact portion elastically contacted with the guide rail to thereby receive an upward-going force from the guide rail.

Abstract: A rolling guide apparatus comprises a first slide member and second slide member. The first slide member includes a pair of wing portions and a connecting portion connecting the wing portions. First raceway grooves are formed on the wing portions, individually. Second raceway grooves are formed on the second slide member. Rolling elements are held under a pre-load between the raceway grooves. A residual compression stress region is created on the surface region of the first slide member. A worked portion is formed on the connecting portion. The worked portion serves to adjust the pre-load on the rolling elements by regulating the residual compression stress region by working to deform the connecting portion.

Abstract: The processing volume for codebook search for vector quantization is diminished by sending data representing an envelope of spectral components of the harmonics from a spectrum evaluation unit 148 of a sinusoidal analytic encoder 114 to a vector quantizer 116 for vector quantization, so that the degree of similarity between an input vector and all code vectors stored in the codebook is found by approximation for pre-selecting a smaller number of code vectors. From these pre-selected code vectors, such a code vector minimizing an error with respect to the input vector is ultimately selected. In this manner, a smaller number of candidate code vectors are pre-selected by pre-selection involving simplified processing and subsequently subjected to ultimate selection with high precision.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for preventing a computation error of band-by-band bit allocation between an encoder and a decoder. In the encoder, an input LSP (line spectrum pair) coefficient is quantized by a quantization device, and a quantized output is output. In a codebook referring section, the look up of a codebook in which computation results are prestored is performed by using an LSP index of the first stage, and band-by-band bit allocation information is created. LSP indexes for each quantization stage are supplied to a decoder. In the decoder, the look up of the codebook is performed using the LSP index, and dequantization is performed on the basis of the created band-by-band bit allocation information.

Abstract: An image detection method for detecting a target image from an image of an object having a band-like pattern extending along a predetermined direction, the target image containing at least part of the band-like pattern, the method includes: storing at least part of the image of the object as image data; detecting a first partial image from the stored image data based on a first template containing a first band-like template pattern that extends along the predetermined direction, the first partial image being an image of a first partial region containing substantially the same pattern as the first band-like template pattern; and detecting a second partial image, as the target image, in a region extending from the first partial region along the predetermined direction based on the target image containing the at least part of the band-like pattern, the second partial image being an image of a second partial region containing substantially the same pattern as that of the target image.