Abstract: A purely-lateral position estimation unit (1603) estimates as an estimated purely-lateral position, when a disturbance wave to disturb communication performed in a train is generated while the train is traveling, a position existing in a purely-lateral direction with respect to a position of a generation source of the disturbance wave. A feature extraction unit (1604) extracts a feature of a measured reception power value being a reception power value measured in the train during a disturbance wave generation period wherein the disturbance wave has been generated.

Abstract: Even if a return beam from a work to be measured does not agree with the center of a two-piece sensor, a correction value is calculated according to a voltage difference between two sensors of the two-piece sensor if the voltage difference is within a neighborhood range. The correction value is added to an actual position of an objective lens in an up-down direction, to calculate a movement amount of the objective lens up to a focused state (a state in which the return beam agrees with the center of the two-piece sensor).

Abstract: Even if a return beam from a work to be measured does not agree with the center of a two-piece sensor, a correction value is calculated according to a voltage difference between two sensors of the two-piece sensor if the voltage difference is within a neighborhood range. The correction value is added to an actual position of an objective lens in an up-down direction, to calculate a movement amount of the objective lens up to a focused state (a state in which the return beam agrees with the center of the two-piece sensor).

Abstract: An optical measuring system has a first optical measuring instrument and a second optical measuring instrument. The optical measuring system includes a first optical path to guide a first beam from a measuring region to the first optical measuring instrument, a second optical path to guide a second beam from the measuring region to the second optical measuring instrument, an optical system through which the first and second optical paths extend and in which the first and second optical paths are paraxial, a reflection area to change the direction of the first optical path, the second optical path crossing the reflection area, and a light transmission area arranged at a position where the reflection area and second optical path cross each other, the light transmission area having a higher light transmittance than the reflection area.

Abstract: Disclosed is an agent for digesting a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation, comprising as an active ingredient an enzyme exhibiting an activity of digesting a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation and having the following properties: (a) activity and substrate specificity: hydrolyzing a peptide bond of a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation; (b) molecular weight: 31,000 (determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using a homogeneous gel having a gel concentration of 12%); (c) isoelectric point: pI 9.3 (determined by polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing electrophoresis); (d) optimum pH: pH 9.0 to 10.0; and (e) optimum temperature for activity: 60 to 70° C.

Abstract: A noncontact form measuring apparatus emits a laser beam L. In the apparatus, a prism bends the laser beam into an X-axis direction, so that a Z-axis displacement of an objective optical system is converted by the prism into an X-axis displacement on a measurement coordinate system. A movement of an X-axis stage is converted into a Z-axis displacement on the measurement coordinate system. The apparatus moves an internal gear as a measurement object and the prism, reads X, Y, and Z coordinates at each focal point, and measures a three-dimensional form of inner teeth of the internal gear. The apparatus may translate the internal gear in a Y-axis direction, to measure a partial form of the inner teeth. The apparatus may turn the internal gear in an angular ?-direction, to measure a whole circumferential form of the inner teeth.

Abstract: An optical measuring system has a first optical measuring instrument and a second optical measuring instrument. The optical measuring system includes a first optical path to guide a first beam from a measuring region to the first optical measuring instrument, a second optical path to guide a second beam from the measuring region to the second optical measuring instrument, an optical system through which the first and second optical paths extend and in which the first and second optical paths are paraxial, a reflection area to change the direction of the first optical path, the second optical path crossing the reflection area, and a light transmission area arranged at a position where the reflection area and second optical path cross each other, the light transmission area having a higher light transmittance than the reflection area.

Abstract: A noncontact form measuring apparatus emits a laser beam L. In the apparatus, a prism bends the laser beam into an X-axis direction, so that a Z-axis displacement of an objective optical system is converted by the prism into an X-axis displacement on a measurement coordinate system. A movement of an X-axis stage is converted into a Z-axis displacement on the measurement coordinate system. The apparatus moves an internal gear as a measurement object and the prism, reads X, Y, and Z coordinates at each focal point, and measures a three-dimensional form of inner teeth of the internal gear. The apparatus may translate the internal gear in a Y-axis direction, to measure a partial form of the inner teeth. The apparatus may turn the internal gear in an angular ?-direction, to measure a whole circumferential form of the inner teeth.

Abstract: A non-contact surface configuration measuring method is provided which allows for accurate measurement of a surface which is at a steep angle to a laser probe. Specific areas including parts inclined ±30° or more from an optimum measurement state relative to the laser probe are measured after a workpiece is rotated such that the surface within the specific areas is less than ±30°. Therefore, accurately measured data on the specific areas can be obtained even in a different coordinate system from that of a general area.

Abstract: Disclosed is an agent for digesting a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation, comprising as an active ingredient an enzyme exhibiting an activity of digesting a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation and having the following properties: (a) activity and substrate specificity: hydrolyzing a peptide bond of a protein highly resistant to denaturation and degradation; (b) molecular weight: 31,000 (determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using a homogeneous gel having a gel concentration of 12%); (c) isoelectric point: pI 9.3 (determined by polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing electrophoresis); (d) optimum pH: pH 9.0 to 10.0; and (e) optimum temperature for activity: 60 to 70° C.

Abstract: A non-contact surface configuration measuring method is provided which allows for accurate measurement of a surface which is at a steep angle to a laser probe. Specific areas including parts inclined ±30° or more from an optimum measurement state relative to the laser probe are measured after a workpiece is rotated such that the surface within the specific areas is less than ±30°. Therefore, accurately measured data on the specific areas can be obtained even in a different coordinate system from that of a general area.

Abstract: To provide an information distribution device and program that make it possible to reduce a user's waiting time, the system is provided with general data (122) that contains access frequencies of a plurality of portable telephones (200) and an image generation section (113) that generates an image specifying a distribution request time for each portable telephone (200), and distribution request time specifying information that specifies a vacant time period as a distribution request time is transmitted to the portable telephone (200).

Abstract: A computer system wherein identification information indicating whether the game unit is made for adults or all ages is stored inside the game unit, and if the game unit is made for all ages, the images in adult-oriented games are modified into those that appropriate for underage game players.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus which includes a frame buffer having a drawing port and a display port for display and including a drawing area containing a graphic image data and a base picture area containing a base picture data, and a graphics drawing circuit, wherein the graphics drawing circuit generates a read address for reading reference data during a blanking period of a video signal, the reference background data is read out from the drawing area in the frame buffer, and the reference base picture data is read from the base picture area in the same buffer, both of which are outputted from the display port during the above blanking period are then transferred to the graphics drawing circuit which uses the above reference data for processing in translucent graphics drawing process.

Abstract: A section deriving unit (10) derives a section to which a digital input value DIN belongs and outputs a section number IVN, and a computation parameter output unit (20) outputs a computation Parameter CPA corresponding to IVN. A computation unit (30) performs a given computation based on DIN and CPA and outputs the result of the computation as a digital output value DOUT. Any DIN-DOUT conversion characteristic that the user requires can be obtained by setting a delimiter information storage unit (12) and a computation parameter storage unit (22) as appropriate. The computation unit (30) could, for example, perform a calculation DOUT=amXm+am−1Xm−1+ . . . a1X+a0, based on computation parameters am to a0. This look-up table device can be used for gamma compensation or depth cueing conversions.

Abstract: When displaying a scene on a display screen in which a translucent object and a background object of the translucent object overlap in a virtual space, data of a background object stored in a storage device is continuously read, a translucent calculation is performed between data of the background object and data of the translucent object overlapping the background object, and data of the result of the translucent calculation is continuously written into the storage device. Here, read of the background object data and the translucent calculation, or the translucent calculation and write of data of the translucent calculation result can be simultaneously performed. Further, the translucent calculation can be divided into a plurality of calculations, and the plurality of calculations can be performed simultaneously. With this method, translucent calculation can be performed in a short time.

Abstract: It is an object to provide an image generating apparatus and method which can perform a high-quality translucence process with reduction of the hardware scale and processing load. The translucence process is performed according to a first translucence information OPt used for performing the translucence control with respect to the respective portions of an object and a second translucence information OPm used for performing the translucence control with respect to the entire object. The translucence control according to OPm is invalidated with respect to a portion of the object that is judged to be opaque according to OPt, that is, to be OPt=1. For example, the translucence control may normally be carried out according to the relational expression of OPp=OPm×OPt. On the other hand, when a switching flag SFL is 0, OPp is fixed at 1 or the translucence process is omitted, with respect to the opaque portion.

Abstract: When it is previously known that two objects A and B do not overlap on a display screen, if polygon depiction order is set as shown below, there is almost no possibility that depiction data of overlapped addresses exist in the process of translucent calculation. Order (1) polygon a-1, order (2) polygon b-1, order (3) polygon a-2, order (4) polygon b-2, order (5) polygon a-3, order (6) polygon b-3, order (7) polygon a-4, order (8) polygon b-4, thereby providing an image generation apparatus, an image generation method and a storage medium storing an image generation program enabling exact and rapid translucent processing even with a simple construction.

Abstract: A light-transmissive support disk supports a tube for attracting an LED chip, and a light-transmissive electrically conductive film is disposed on the support base. The LED chip is electrically connected to a negative terminal of a DC power supply by the light-transmissive electrically conductive film. An imaging unit is disposed coaxially with the tube and has a CCD camera for capturing an image of a light-emitting state of the LED chip via the support disk and a cover member when the LED chip attracted by the tube emits light. The light-emitting center of the LED chip can be detected accurately, and bonded easily and highly accurately on a board at a desired position thereon.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a game system and information storage medium which can improve the operating rate of a game center and realize a more effective management therein. The game system includes a host machine and a plurality of game machines. The host machine is designed to detect the current time or date and to perform allocation of games to the game machines G1 to G9 based on the detected time or date. Transfer data for a player to play a game by means of each of the game machines is then transferred to each of the game machines according to the allocation. A manager of the game center sets schedule data representing how the allocation is carried out according to the time or date. The allocation of games to the game machines may depend on time periods, date or a traffic line of players. Adult games may be set to be played only in the nighttime. Game sound volume and screen brightness may be changed and set based on the time or date.