Abstract: An area where a specific object is captured is extracted as a specific area from the image of a frame of interest, and the evaluation value of the specific area is obtained using a predetermined evaluation formula. It is determined whether the evaluation value of the specific area in a frame preceding the frame of interest has exceeded a predetermined threshold. When it is determined that the evaluation value of the specific area has exceeded the predetermined threshold, the frame of interest is encoded to set the code amount of the specific area in the image of the frame of interest to be smaller than that of the specific area in the image of the frame preceding the frame of interest.

Abstract: An image encoding format includes a profile indicating a combination of processes which an image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding and a level indicating a range of a parameter which the image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding. The image decoding apparatus includes a decoding unit that decodes the image encoding format on the basis of a code that indicates whether parallel processing of the decoding processes in each tile is enabled depending on the profile.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus which encodes an image includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire an evaluation value for a block being a division of the image, a determining unit configured to determine a class to which the block belongs to among a plurality of classes based on the evaluation value acquired by the first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire count information describing the number of blocks belonging to a predetermined class of the plurality of classes, and a setting unit configured to set a quantization parameter usable for encoding a block belonging to a different class from the predetermined class based on the count information acquired by the second acquiring unit.

Abstract: An amount of code is reduced for blocks in which visible degradation is not easily susceptible, while a large amount of code is assigned to blocks whose degradation in image quality is easily perceptible thereby suppressing the number of blocks for which a process is performed to achieve high quality image and thus suppressing an increase in the total amount of code. An input image is encoded in units of blocks. A block evaluation value for the block is calculated. The block is divided into N sub-blocks where N is equal to or greater than 2, and a sub-block evaluation value is calculated for each sub-block. A quantization parameter for the block is controlled based on the block evaluation value and the sub-block evaluation values.

Abstract: An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.

Abstract: There are provided an operating knob 42 capable of movement operation in a front-back direction with respect to a right and left side support part 31, a rod member 45 whose front end is joined to the operating knob 42, a back edge stopper 47 which is moved in the front-back direction through the rod member 45 and also is abutted on the back edge of the mask 15 by fixing operation of the rod member 45 by the operating knob 42, and a front edge stopper 53 abutted on the front edge of the mask 15.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable silicone resin composition including (A) a polyorganosiloxane having a mercaptoalkyl bonded to a silicon atom and having a viscosity at 23° C. of 20 to 25000 cP; (B) an organopolysiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated groups which includes (B1) a linear polyorganosiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated, and (B2) a branched organopolysiloxane which includes an SiO4/2 unit, an R?3SiO1/2 unit and an R?2SiO2/2 unit, and at least three of R? per one molecule are aliphatic unsaturated groups, provided that an amount of (B2) is an amount where a number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B2) based on a total number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B) is 50% or less; (C) a photoinitiator; and (D) a silane compound having an aliphatic unsaturated group.

Abstract: If the picture identifier of a first frame and the picture identifier of a second frame match, a rewriting unit rewrites the picture identifier and the slice type of the first frame.

Abstract: There are provided an operating knob 42 capable of movement operation in a front-back direction with respect to a right and left side support part 31, a rod member 45 whose front end is joined to the operating knob 42, a back edge stopper 47 which is moved in the front-back direction through the rod member 45 and also is abutted on the back edge of the mask 15 by fixing operation of the rod member 45 by the operating knob 42, and a front edge stopper 53 abutted on the front edge of the mask 15.

Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element sealing composition contains an addition reaction curing type silicone composition which is liquid at normal temperature and has a curing temperature of 100 degrees C. or below and a moisture content of 400 ppm or less. The addition reaction curing type silicone composition contains (A) polyorganosiloxane having an average of 0.2 to 5 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, (B) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having at least two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst. The organic electroluminescent element sealing composition can prevent deterioration of the organic electroluminescent element and can provide the organic light-emitting device having a good light-emitting property for a long period.

Abstract: A heat-curable polyorganosiloxane composition which includes (A) an alkenyl group-containing linear polyorganosiloxane represented by the following formula (I): wherein Ra represents a C2-C6 alkenyl and Rb represents a C1-C6 alkyl or a phenyl; (B1) a linear polyorganohydrogensiloxane represented by the following formula (II): wherein Rc is hydrogen and Rd represents a C1-C6 alkyl or a phenyl; (B2) a cyclic polyorganohydrogensiloxane including an Re2HSiO1/2 unit, wherein Re represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, and an SiO4/2 unit, and having three or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule; (C) a platinum series catalyst; and (D) an adhesion promoter, a ratio of a sum (HB1+HB2) of a number HB1 of the hydrogen atom(s) bonded to a silicon atom of (B1) and a number HB2 of the hydrogen atom(s) bonded to a silicon atom of (B2) based on a number ViA of the alkenyl group(s) of (A) is 0.2 to 1.0, and HB1 is 0.5 to 0.8 based on HB1+HB2.

Abstract: An ultraviolet-curable silicone resin composition including (A) a polyorganosiloxane having a mercaptoalkyl bonded to a silicon atom and having a viscosity at 23° C. of 20 to 25000 cP; (B) an organopolysiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated groups which includes (B1) a linear polyorganosiloxane having aliphatic unsaturated, and (B2) a branched organopolysiloxane which includes an SiO4/2 unit, an R?3SiO1/2 unit and an R?2SiO2/2 unit, and at least three of R? per one molecule are aliphatic unsaturated groups, provided that an amount of (B2) is an amount where a number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B2) based on a total number of the aliphatic unsaturated groups in (B) is 50% or less; (C) a photoinitiator; and (D) a silane compound having an aliphatic unsaturated group.

Abstract: A specific region in each frame image input after a detection process has been completed a predetermined number of times or more is estimated from a specific region detected from a past frame before the frame. The shift between the specific region detected from a first frame image input after the detection process has been completed the predetermined number of times or more and the specific region estimated for the first frame image is obtained. When the shift falls within a predetermined range, an encoding parameter to encode the specific region estimated for a second frame image input at a point the detection process for the first frame image has been completed with a higher image quality than that of regions other than the specific region is set.

Abstract: Out of regions extracted from a frame image, regions assigned the same identification information as that of a region unselected in a past frame immediately before the frame are defined as nonselection regions, and nonselection regions in number equal to or smaller than a predetermined number are selected out of the nonselection regions.

Abstract: An area where a specific object is captured is extracted as a specific area from the image of a frame of interest, and the evaluation value of the specific area is obtained using a predetermined evaluation formula. It is determined whether the evaluation value of the specific area in a frame preceding the frame of interest has exceeded a predetermined threshold. When it is determined that the evaluation value of the specific area has exceeded the predetermined threshold, the frame of interest is encoded to set the code amount of the specific area in the image of the frame of interest to be smaller than that of the specific area in the image of the frame preceding the frame of interest.

Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element sealing composition contains an addition reaction curing type silicone composition which is liquid at normal temperature and has a curing temperature of 100 degrees C. or below and a moisture content of 400 ppm or less. The addition reaction curing type silicone composition contains (A) polyorganosiloxane having an average of 0.2 to 5 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, (B) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having at least two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst. The organic electroluminescent element sealing composition can prevent deterioration of the organic electroluminescent element and can provide the organic light-emitting device having a good light-emitting property for a long period.

Abstract: A clustering processing method for dividing a samples into a plurality of clusters based on a feature amount of each sample, the plurality of clusters each belonging to one of a plurality of layers composed of M layers (M=2, . . . , K), the clustering processing method comprises a sample allocating step of allocating a sample targeted for processing to a cluster belonging to a first layer, based on a result of comparing the feature amount of the target sample with a representative feature amount of each of clusters belonging to the first layer; a determination step of determining whether to allocate a cluster belonging to an M?1th layer to an Mth layer; and a cluster allocating step of allocating a cluster belonging to the M?1th layer to the Mth layer, if it is determined in the determination step to allocate a cluster belonging to the M?1th layer to the Mth layer.

Abstract: This organic electroluminescent element sealing composition contains an addition reaction curing type silicone composition which is liquid at normal temperature and has a curing temperature of 100 degrees C. or below and a moisture content of 400 ppm or less. The addition reaction curing type silicone composition contains (A) polyorganosiloxane having an average of 0.2 to 5 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, (B) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having at least two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst. The organic electroluminescent element sealing composition can prevent deterioration of the organic electroluminescent element and can provide the organic light-emitting device having a good light-emitting property for a long period.

Abstract: A clustering unit calculates, for clusters in a descending order of the number of pixels belonging thereto, a distance from a feature vector of a processing object pixel and a representative feature vector of an object cluster, and compares the distance with a first threshold. The processing object pixel is stored in a memory or the like as a pixel belonging to an object cluster when the distance is determined to be less than or equal to the first threshold.

Abstract: A clustering processing method for dividing a samples into a plurality of clusters based on a feature amount of each sample, the plurality of clusters each belonging to one of a plurality of layers composed of M layers (M=2, . . . , K), the clustering processing method comprises a sample allocating step of allocating a sample targeted for processing to a cluster belonging to a first layer, based on a result of comparing the feature amount of the target sample with a representative feature amount of each of clusters belonging to the first layer; a determination step of determining whether to allocate a cluster belonging to an M?1th layer to an Mth layer; and a cluster allocating step of allocating a cluster belonging to the M?1th layer to the Mth layer, if it is determined in the determination step to allocate a cluster belonging to the M?1th layer to the Mth layer.