Abstract: A second video encoded buffer stores encoded data of a second channel at time of a single display. A buffer control unit specifies, at time of a switching from the single display to a simultaneous display, a key frame which is a start frame for decoding in the encoded data of the second channel and has a time stamp, which is earlier than a broadcasting time of the encoded data and also is closest to the broadcasting time. Moreover, the buffer control unit generates decoded data by decoding the encoded data of the second channel stored in the second encoded buffer from the specified key frame. A second video decoding unit and a second video output unit start a reproduction of the decoded data when the time stamp is synchronized with the broadcasting time.

Abstract: A zoom lens apparatus includes a movable magnification lens component, a stationary barrel, a movable lens holder, and a rotatable cam barrel. Plural cam grooves are formed in the cam barrel, have a pair of cam surfaces opposed to one another, for moving the movable lens holder in the optical axis direction by rotation of the cam barrel relative to the stationary barrel. Plural shaft devices are disposed on a peripheral surface of the movable lens holder, for extending in a radial direction being perpendicular to the optical axis direction. A cam follower device is secured to each of the shaft devices, and inserted in each of the cam grooves. A pair of cam follower surfaces are provided on the cam follower device, deformable resiliently about each of the shaft devices, and pressed by respectively the cam surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is a vinylidene fluoride resin film that has good adhesiveness to a base material, achieves good dispersivity even when a pigment is contained in large amounts, and has excellent thermal stability during a forming process. To a resin component composed of a vinylidene fluoride resin and a methacrylic acid ester resin, a predetermined amount of a titanium oxide surface treated with alumina and silica and a predetermined amount of a fatty acid ester of polyethylene glycol and/or its derivative are added to prepare a vinylidene fluoride resin film. Alternatively, at least a front side layer and a back side layer have such a composition, the front side layer has a combination amount of the vinylidene fluoride resin and the methacrylic acid ester resin of 70:30 to 95:5 in terms of mass ratio, and the back side layer has a combination amount of the vinylidene fluoride resin and the methacrylic acid ester resin of 5:95 to 45:55 in terms of mass ratio.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus comprises a projection system in which a pattern member is provided with a predetermined pattern for measuring the shape of the cornea of an eye of a subject, the predetermined pattern is thereby projected on the cornea of the eye of the subject, and an optical observation system in which light flux having a shape of the predetermined pattern emitted from the projection system is reflected at the cornea of the eye of the subject, the eye of the subject is observed by the light reflected by the cornea. A surface at the eye of the subject side of the pattern member is coated with a paint having a filtering property that transmits infrared light and blocks visible light.

Abstract: There are provided: a method for forming a shining coating film which can form a coating film extremely excellent in a leveling property and a brightness with good workability and can also realize the reduction of environmental burden; and a coated article excellent in a design property obtained by this method. In a method comprising the steps of sequentially coating a shining material-containing solvent type first base coat coating, a shining material-containing solvent type second base coat coating and a top clear coating onto a base material and baking a formed multilayered coating film at the same time, an improvement is made so that the resin composition and coating nonvolatile concentration of the first and second base coat coatings and the amount of nonvolatiles in the first and second base coating films will have specific conditions.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus comprises a projection system in which a pattern member is provided with a predetermined pattern for measuring the shape of the cornea of an eye of a subject, the predetermined pattern is thereby projected on the cornea of the eye of the subject, and an optical observation system in which light flux having a shape of the predetermined pattern emitted from the projection system is reflected at the cornea of the eye of the subject, the eye of the subject is observed by the light reflected by the cornea. A surface at the eye of the subject side of the pattern member is coated with a paint having a filtering property that transmits infrared light and blocks visible light.

Abstract: A block dividing section divides a video frame into plural pieces of block data of a predetermined size and outputs the plural pieces block data sequentially. A block coding section codes the block data. A coding amount computing section computes a coding margin amount on the basis of a coding generation amount in the block coding section. A distance computing section computes a block distance indicating a distance between an arbitrary point of fixation predetermined in the video frame and to-be-coded block data. When a coding amount insufficiency determining section determines that the coding margin amount is smaller than an insufficiency threshold value and a coding suppression determining section determines that the block distance is larger than a distance threshold value, a coding amount suppressing section suppresses the coding generation amount in the block coding section according to the coding suppression amount.

Abstract: A device for measuring the intensity of incoming light is disclosed. This device includes a rotatable light blocking unit which interrupts incident signal light at short regular intervals. The device also includes a light source which emits certain light different from the signal light while the signal light is interrupted by the block unit, and a measurement unit for measuring intensity values of the signal light and the certain light. A correction unit is provided for correcting the measured signal light intensity based on the certain light intensity. A calculator unit calculates a correction value through comparison of the intensity of the certain light to a reference value. The correction unit uses this correction value to correct the signal light intensity.

Abstract: A first motion vector is searched for based on a block retrieved from a first reference frame, while a second motion vector is searched for based on a block retrieved from a second reference frame. A combination of a block in the first reference frame and a block in the second reference frame is determined so that the correlation of an averaged block of a block retrieved from the first reference frame and a block retrieved from the second reference frame with the object block is the highest, to search for a motion vector pair based on the determined combination. A motion vector or motion vector pair highest in similarity is selected among the first and second motion vectors and the motion vector pair.

Abstract: A device for measuring the intensity of incoming light is disclosed. This device includes a rotatable light blocking unit which interrupts incident signal light at short regular intervals. The device also includes a light source which emits certain light different from the signal light while the signal light is interrupted by the block unit, and a measurement unit for measuring intensity values of the signal light and the certain light. A correction unit is provided for correcting the measured signal light intensity based on the certain light intensity. A calculator unit calculates a correction value through comparison of the intensity of the certain light to a reference value. The correction unit uses this correction value to correct the signal light intensity.

Abstract: To provide hard coat films having high hardness, and uniform durability against scratching and high flatness even with a small thickness and a large width, and to provide a method producing the same. The hard coat films are provided with an actinic ray curable resin on a cellulose ester film thereof, the cellulose ester film containing a UV absorber and 2 or more plasticizers. One of the plasticizers is a polyalcohol ester type and the other one is a non-phosphate ester type. The cellulose ester film is produced by biaxially stretching of a cellulose ester film with a total acyl substitution degree ranging from 2.6 to 2.9, a number-average molecular weight ranging from 80,000 to 200,000, and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight ranging from 1.4 to 3.0.

Abstract: To provide hard coat films having high hardness, and uniform durability against scratching and high flatness even with a small thickness and a large width, and to provide a method producing the same. The hard coat films are provided with an actinic ray curable resin on a cellulose ester film thereof, the cellulose ester film containing a UV absorber and 2 or more plasticizers. One of the plasticizers is a polyalcohol ester type and the other one is a non-phosphate ester type. The cellulose ester film is produced by biaxially stretching of a cellulose ester film with a total acyl substitution degree ranging from 2.6 to 2.9, a number average molecular weight ranging from 80,000 to 200,000, and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number average molecular weight ranging from 1.4 to 3.0.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a memory management unit and an image decoding apparatus. The memory management unit receives first information regarding control of a frame memory, releases a frame in the frame memory in accordance with the first information, and outputs second information indicating the released frame. The image decoding apparatus decodes encoded image data into an image, and then stores the decoded image in the frame that the second information indicates. The image decoding apparatus then determines, according to the encoded image data, which image among the images stored in the frame memory is not to be referenced in decoding process, and outputs, as the first information, information regarding release of the frame in which that non-referenced image is stored.

Abstract: An adhesive, comprising (A) a polymeric MDI, (B) modified polyvinyl acetate emulsion, (C) aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution, and (D) a filler. Preferably, a mass ratio of A:B:C:D is 30:(60–160):(50–160):(10–140) provided that the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution (C) is in a concentration of 10% by mass.

Abstract: In coloration of a shaped article composed of a curable resin, the addition operation can be reliably conducted and a reliable coloration effect can be obtained in both the single-color addition and in the multicolor addition. A liquid-phase, non-colored photo-curable resin is cured by irradiation with laser light and a lowermost layer 5n is formed. A liquid-phase, photo-curable resin is applied on the upper surface thereof and a colored layer 5n-1 comprising a cured non-colored region and a liquid-phase pool region is formed. A color ink is drop-wise added to the liquid-phase pool region. The pool region is irradiated with laser light and cured to the same hardness as that of the non-colored region. A block-like coating film having the prescribed thickness if formed from the surface coating film produced by the color ink covering the pool region. As a result, the formation of the next layer (colored layer 5n-2) on the upper surface of colored layer 5n-1 can be conducted without obstacles.

Abstract: A program conversion apparatus converts an input program into a program operable by a processor using a cache memory and outputs the converted program. The program conversion apparatus includes a target region extraction section for extracting from regions of a memory, as a target region, a region in which writing is performed before reading during execution of the input program, and a cache entry specification section for inserting a cache entry specification instruction to add an entry to the cache memory before an instruction to execute a write access to the target region.

Abstract: In an identical function definition generation determining step of a template compilation method, dependency between a function definition code and a template parameter is analyzed, and when there is no dependency, a common function is defined and a plurality of function definitions obtained before defining the common function are deleted in a function definition sharing step. Thereafter, a function call obtained before defining the common function is replaced with a call of the common function in a function call replacing step. Accordingly, among a plurality of function definition codes generated from a template, function definition codes generated as the identical code are shared, so as to reduce the code size that generally increases due to template facilities.

Abstract: To provide hard coat films having high hardness, and uniform durability against scratching and high flatness even with a small thickness and a large width, and to provide a method producing the same. The hard coat films are provided with an actinic ray curable resin on a cellulose ester film thereof, the cellulose ester film containing a UV absorber and 2 or more plasticizers. One of the plasticizers is a polyalcohol ester type and the other one is a non-phosphate ester type. The cellulose ester film is produced by biaxially stretching of a cellulose ester film with a total acyl substitution degree ranging from 2.6 to 2.9, a number-average molecular weight ranging from 80,000 to 200,000, and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight ranging from 1.4 to 3.0.

Abstract: The information processing device having a SIMD operator includes: a SIMD processing division means for receiving a SIMD instruction from a machine language program and outputting the SIMD instruction repeatedly by a predetermined number of times; a memory address conversion means for converting the memory address of a SIMD instruction related to memory access output from the SIMD processing division means according to the number of times of repetition of the SIMD instruction and outputting the results to the SIMD operator; and a register switch means having a group of registers for the SIMD operator for switching the group of registers to be used by the SIMD operator according to the number of times of repetition of the SIMD instruction.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of preparing an acrylic copolymer using as a raw material a monomer mixture comprising 50 mole % or more of a monomer having a polymerizable double bond formed by a carbon atom to which no hydrogen atom is bonded and a carbon atom to which a hydrogen atom is bonded, wherein after the polymerization is carried out at a polymerization temperature of 150° C. or higher, further heating at 80-130° C. is done. The present invention can provide a method of preparing an acrylic copolymer with a low amount of unreacted monomers using high temperature polymerization at 150° C. or higher.