Abstract: In an additional writing format optical disk library unit or the like, the processing for automatically reorganizing a volume is carried out effectively so as to intend to reuse media.

Abstract: A two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguide is provided in which a line defect is formed, wherein a first width which is a distance between centers of nearest two lattice points located on both sides of the line defect is different from a second width which is a corresponding distance in a normal two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguide. In addition, a two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguide is provided in which low refractive index columns in a optical waveguide part are placed at positions shifted from normal positions in a normal two-dimensional photonic crystal slab.

Abstract: An X-ray image tube according to the present invention has a whole evacuated envelope comprising an metallic input window through which X-rays pass, a metallic frame to which the metallic input window is welded, a hollow cylinder portion, an output window, etc., and the metallic input window and the metallic frame are hermetically welded to each other by ultrasonic welding. By means of such a construction, an X-ray image tube which can suppress occurrence of distortion of an electronic lens formed in the evacuated envelope, and a manufacturing method thereof is realized.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus equipped with a CPU, an operating rate of this CPU is increased so as to increase a throughput of this entire information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is arranged by first and second internal buses independently provided from each other, an internal memory connected to the first internal bus, and a timer 25 connected to the second internal bus. Furthermore, this information processing apparatus is arranged by an A/D converter, first/second serial interfaces, the CPU, and a DMAC (direct memory access controller). Both the CPU and the DMAC control data input/output operations in the internal memory and the timer while occupying at least one of these fist/second data buses.

Abstract: An optical head device including a light source for directing a laser beam to an optical disk, a collimator lens arranged between the light source and the optical disk, and an objective lens arranged between the collimator lens and the optical disk, a collimator lens actuator for moving the collimator lens along the optical axis of the laser beam in response to the thickness of the optical disk, and an objective lens actuator for moving the objective lens along the optical axis of the laser beam.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head device for projecting a laser spot on an optical disk and reading out recorded information by detecting a recording state recorded on a recording surface of the optical disk, which has: a collimator lens which converges divergent light emitted from a semiconductor laser; and a pinhole member which removes a wavefront aberration at an outline portion of the light converged by the collimator lens; wherein the collimator lens and the pinhole member are disposed in an image-forming optical system, where a microspot is produced, from the semiconductor laser as a light source to an objective lens, and a wavefront aberration of the semiconductor laser is removed to minimize a wavefront aberration of the image-forming optical system.

Abstract: The present invention is a system for nebulizing sample analyte containing solutions which allows liquid solution and gas entry, and is tyically utilized in combination or integration with an interface for directing sample analyte containing solution which is nebulized. The present invention provides improvement in the form of system design that prevents sample delivery tube component damage, sample solution electrical charging, sample solution "re-nebulization" effects, and sample analyte carry-over memory effects during a present invention method of use for introducing nebulized sample analyte containing solution into, for instance, a mass-spectrometer sample analysis system.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a compatible optical head apparatus for optical disks with different thicknesses. A laser beam emitted by a semiconductor laser is convert into a collimated laser beam by a collimator lens and passes through a circular aperture, hence an effective NA of an objective lens is reduced. Accordingly, the effective NA for the incident laser beam on the optical disks is lower than that for the reflected laser beam from the optical disk by more than 0.1. Moreover, in the optical head apparatus according to another embodiment, another semiconductor laser with a different lasing wavelength is provided, and when a recorded signal of the optical disk with a wavelength dependent characteristic is reproduced, only one of the semiconductor lasers is activated in accordance with the characteristic of the optical disk to be reproduced.

Abstract: A light beam reflected from an optical disc 1 is passed through an objective lens and a beam splitter to a detective lens. Two diffraction gratings having the same diffraction pitch, i.e., a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating, are disposed so that they are relatively inclined at a given angle to each other. Signal beams are detected by a photodetector. When the focusing position of the objective lens relative to the optical disc 1 is shifted in the focusing direction, the focusing position of a light beam from the objective lens is changed, resulting in changed inclination angle .alpha. of moire fringes on the photodetector. Thus, provision of two gratings relatively inclined at a given angle to each other enables detecting signals to be obtained based on the angle signals of the moire fringes even from minute errors with respect to focusing errors on an optical disc or multi-value of pit.

Abstract: A ruminant feed composition for depressing rumen methanogenesis and improving feed efficiency, which is safe and does not adversely affect a ruminant, and a method for feeding the composition to a ruminant. As an effective component of the feed composition, cysteine and/or its salts are fed to a ruminant in an amount of 0.02 to 0.21 g sulfur equivalent/kg of metabolic body weight per day.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlevel film constituted by a first dielectrics film containing dangling bonds and a bonded group of Si and hydrogen, and a second dielectrics film formed on the first dielectrics film.

Abstract: Training data is LPC analyzed to obtain a feature parameter vector sequence, which is subjected to Viterbi segmentation using reference phoneme models to separate phonemes. Each piece of phoneme data is used to estimate a mean vector of the corresponding reference phoneme model by a maximum a posteriori estimation method. The adapted phoneme model and the corresponding reference phoneme model are used to estimate a mean vector for an unadapted phoneme model through interpolation by a vector field smoothing method. Alternatively, the mean vector of the adapted phoneme model is further smoothed by the vector field smoothing method. By this, an adapted model is obtained which has, as its parameters, the mean vector obtained for each phoneme and other corresponding parameters.

Abstract: Other than a second bus selector to which first through fourth fields are entered with a 64-bit long MROM data bus divided into signals for each 16-bit field, a first bus selector to which the second and fourth fields are entered is provided. The bus selectors are simultaneously controlled by a bus selector/address controller so that a 16 or 32-bit external output terminal may generate a microinstruction word without altering the architecture of the circuit. Thus, it becomes possible to selectively generate the microinstruction word stored within the microprogram memory to external output terminals having different bit lengths.

Abstract: A scene information editor 12 extracts, for a plurality of scenes, still image data on the representative frames of scenes from a representative frame file, and arranges the still images along with a time axis and in chronological order along a time axis for display on the screen of a display. For the time period corresponding to the part of the time axis specified by a user, the editor extracts motion image data from an LD and displays the motion image data on a TV monitor. The scene information editor also extracts the information given to those scenes from a scene information file 21 and graphically displays the information on the screen of the display 14 at the same time. When the user inputs an edit command, the scene information editor executes it for the edit scene information file 21.

Abstract: A method for storing and managing motion video image information for retrieving scenes of interest in a short time from a many-hour motion video image stored in a recording medium. As motion video image information for managing and retrieving a motion video image, a whole motion video image R is hierarchically divided into frame sequences A, A1, A11 . . . of shorter time according to the construction and the semantic contents thereof, and logical frame structure data representing the hierarchical relationship of the frame sequences, attribute data At of the frame sequences, and still video images rf of representative frames are generated, which are associated with each other to create a data file. Retrieval of a motion video image is performed by extracting frame sequences using the attribute data and logical frame structure as retrieval keys for the data file of the motion video image information, and confirming the contents using the still video image rf of the representative frames.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlevel film constituted by a first dielectrics film containing dangling bonds and a bonded group of Si and hydrogen, and a second dielectrics film formed on the first dielectrics film.

Abstract: In the creation of the index file, one index record is allocated to each set consisting of one retrieval key and the initial and final positions in the motion image of one frame to which the retrieval key is allocated, and information on this set is stored therein. In the query processing, for a query specified by a Boolean expression of retrieval keys, records whose keywords match any of the retrieval keys included in the query are retrieved from the index file. Thereafter, all the initial and final positions of the matching records are arranged along a time axis. For each of intervals defined by those positions, a truth table is created in which the allocation of the retrieval keys included in the query is expressed by truth values, and the logical condition of the query is evaluated based on the table.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlevel film constituted by a first dielectrics film containing dangling bonds and a bonded group of Si and hydrogen, and a second dielectrics film formed on the first dielectrics film.

Abstract: An automatic room environment controller which avoids the unnecessary improving operation for the room environment, the controller comprising: member for detecting condition of room environment; member for improving means for improving the condition of the room environment; first member for comparing a value of the condition previously detected by the detecting means with a first predetermined value to determine whether operation of the improving means is necessary or not, so that the operation of the improving means is continued until the condition is improved to the first predetermined value when the necessity of the operation of the improving means; second member for comparing a value of the condition detected at present by the detecting means with the previously detected value of the condition to determine whether the condition corresponding to the value detected at present is improved than the condition corresponding to the previously detected value or not, when the condition corresponding to the value d

Abstract: A control method for processing elements (PE) in a parallel processing system, such as an array processor, in which data processing is carried out with data transfer between the PEs, and wherein the data transfer between the PEs is performed simultaneously with the data operations in the PEs to improve the processing speed of the parallel processing system. Three buffer memories are respectively connected to a data input path from one data procesing apparatus, a data output path to another data processing apparatus, and data paths for transmitting data from or to the data operation unit in the data processing apparatus itself having these three buffer memories.