Abstract: An optical data storage medium includes a substrate, an optical data storage layer overlaid on the substrate and a reversible image recording layer overlaid on the optical data storage layer, in which information is recorded in the reversible image recording layer so as to be visible. The reversible image recording layer, which includes a matrix resin and a low-molecular-weight organic substance dispersed in the matrix resin, may preferably be thermosensitive and change its transparency or color tone in response to heat.

Abstract: A digital power fluctuation detecting apparatus detects fluctuations in a power supply signal and includes a data storage device, coupled to the power supply signal, that stores predetermined digital data signals but modifies at least one stored signal if the power supply signal fluctuates; a data monitoring device that monitors the stored signals; and a power fluctuation detector that determines if the stored signals differ from the predetermined digital data signals.

Abstract: An optical recording medium capable of recording and erasing information, includes a first dielectric layer, a recording layer, a second dielectric layer, a light reflection and heat dissipation layer, and an overcoat layer which are successively overlaid on a substrate, the recording layer including a phase-change recording material which includes as constituent elements Ag, In, Sb, Te, and N and/or O with the respective atomic % thereof being .alpha., .beta., .gamma., .delta. and .epsilon. (the total atomic % of N and/or O), which are in the relationship of: 0<.alpha..ltoreq.6, 3.ltoreq..beta..ltoreq.15, 50.ltoreq..gamma..ltoreq.65, 20.ltoreq..delta..ltoreq.35, 0.ltoreq..epsilon..ltoreq.5, provided that .alpha.+.beta.+.gamma.+.delta.+.epsilon.=100, and (2) having a recrystallization upper-limit linear speed in a range of 2.5 to 5.0 m/s. A recording method and a reproduction method, using this optical recording medium, are proposed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for diagnosing or detecting failures or faults in or between circuits such as signal processing circuits of a video camera system. Predetermined test pattern data may be generated on a first or transmitting side (circuit) and discrimination pattern data having substantially the same data pattern as the test pattern data may be generated on a second or receiving side (circuit) in synchronism with the test pattern data. The test pattern data and the discrimination pattern data may be compared. A failure or faulty spot in or between circuits may be determined in accordance with the results of such comparison.

Abstract: An imaging parameter recording apparatus and an imaging apparatus are disclosed. The setting states of various parts of an imaging system 1 at the time of imaging are detected by a system controller 9 and routed as imaging parameters to a recording/reproducing system 2. These imaging parameters are recorded along with the imaging data on a video tape 17. This enables not only the picture corresponding to the imaging data but also the imaging parameters at the imaging time to be reproduced at the reproducing time, so that not only the past setting state-can be recognized, but also the past setting state can be newly set so that the picture of the same picture pattern can be imaged.

Abstract: Aspect ratio converting circuits store a digital signal at a first clock rate into a memory, wherein the digital signal represents a picture having a first aspect ratio. In the first mode, the digital signal is retrieved from the memory during one horizontal period on the basis of the first clock rate. In the second mode, in one horizontal period, a portion of the digital signal is retrieved on the basis of a second clock rate related to a conversion ratio between the first aspect ratio and a second aspect ratio of the picture.

Abstract: An imaging parameter recording apparatus and an imaging apparatus are disclosed. The setting states of various parts of an imaging system 1 at the time of imaging are detected by a system controller 9 and routed as imaging parameters to a recording/reproducing system 2. These imaging parameters are recorded along with the imaging data on a video tape 17. This enables not only the picture corresponding to the imaging data but also the imaging parameters at the imaging time to be reproduced at the reproducing time, so that not only the past setting state can be recognized, but also the past setting state can be newly set so that the picture of the same picture pattern can be imaged.

Abstract: An imaging parameter recording apparatus and an imaging apparatus are disclosed. The setting states of various parts of an imaging system 1 at the time of imaging are detected by a system controller 9 and routed as imaging parameters to a recording/reproducing system 2. These imaging parameters are recorded along with the imaging data on a video tape 17. This enables not only the picture corresponding to the imaging data but also the imaging parameters at the imaging time to be reproduced at the reproducing time, so that not only the past setting state can be recognized, but also the past setting state can be newly set so that the picture of the same picture pattern can be imaged.

Abstract: A solid state image pick-up apparatus of a CCD (charge-coupled device) type is arranged such that the charges intermittently accumulated in photo-detecting elements during one vertical period are added within a vertical shift register and then fed to a horizontal shift register. Thus, the sensitivity can be controlled by controlling the accumulation time without the moving picture felt discontinuous and the fast moving picture can be picked up without any special apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for registration adjustment are disclosed, in which when effecting so-called registration adjustment for positioning solid-state image sensor element (31r, 31g and 31b) used for a solid-state image sensor apparatus at predetermined positions of an image sensor optical system (30), a registration adjustment test chart (10) having at least one horizontal or vertical shade recurrence pattern at a recurrence pitch (.tau.p) in a particular relation to the picture element pitch (.tau.c) of the solid-state image sensor elements (31r, 31g and 31b) is imaged, and the positional deviation in six directions of the solid-state image sensor elements (31r, 31g and 31b) is measured on the basis of the beat component of the image sensor output of the solid-state image sensor elements (31r, 31g and 31b) based on the difference between the picture element pitch (.tau.c) and the shade recurrence pitch (.tau.px).

Abstract: 1,4-Dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid ester derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## or acid addition salts thereof, wherein W is --CH.dbd. or --N.dbd.; Y is --CH.dbd.CH--, --O--, --S--, --CH.dbd.N(O)p-- (p is zero or 1) or --N(R)-- (R is hydrogen or lower alkyl); X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 are the same or different, and are each hydrogen, halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano or lower alkylthio; Z is aryl or 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring (which may have a substituent or two or three substituents which may be the same or different, and the substituent may be halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkanoylamino, cyano, nitro, lower alkylthio, trifluoromethyl, sulfamoyl, di-lower alkylsulfamoyl, amino or di-lower alkylamino); ##STR2## is 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring which may have nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or unsaturated bond on the ring, and may be substituted by lower alkyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkanoylamino, ethylenedioxy or --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --OR.sup.

Abstract: A dihydropyridine compound of the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein Het is 5- or 6-membered aromatic heteroaryl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each lower alkyl, R.sup.3 is lower alkyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or aralkyl, R.sup.5 is lower alkyl or aralkyl, and n is 1 or 2. Such compounds are useful as therapeutic agents for myocardial and cerebral ischemic syndroms and hypertension.

Abstract: 1,4-Dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid ester derivatives represented by the formula ##STR1## (wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are each the same or different and represent an aryl group; R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each the same or different and represent a lower alkyl or aralkyl group; n is 1 or 2; and R.sup.4 represents a lower alkyl) or the acid addition salts thereof. These compounds are useful as antihypertensive agents and as agents for treating the disturbances of cardiac or cerebral circulation.