Abstract: According to an in-vehicle information device or a navigation device of the invention, each of a plurality of terminals in a vehicle is configured to cause the terminal itself to operate in one of modes including: “an independent operation mode” in which the terminal itself is operated independently; “a participatory cooperative operation mode” in which the terminal directly participates in an operation of the other terminal; and “a transitional cooperative operation mode” in which the terminal takes over information of the other terminal and performs an operation on the information followed by reflecting or not reflecting the information after that operation to the other terminal as information source. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently transmit or reflect an intention of each of plural occupants in the vehicle to the other occupant by combining independent operations and cooperative operations by the plurality of terminals.

Abstract: A home security system includes an in-home system and a vehicle-mounted system, wherein the in-home system includes an in-home sensor that is mounted in a home and is capable of detect a state of the home, and an in-home communication module that is capable of communicating with the vehicle-mounted system to sense an abnormality from information of the in-home sensor, and wherein the vehicle-mounted system includes a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle that is capable of a vehicle outside output, and a vehicle-mounted communication module that is capable of communicating with the in-home system via the in-home communication module, and when the in-home system senses the abnormality, an instruction is received from the in-home system via the in-home communication module and vehicle-mounted communication module to deal with the abnormality using the vehicle-mounted device according to the instruction.

Abstract: An electronic key system includes a lock-side terminal that is mounted in a locked object and capable of at least locking and unlocking the locked object, and a portable terminal capable of sending and receiving the electronic key to and from the lock-side terminal mounted in the locked object and the other portable terminals, and when receiving a request from the one portable terminal, the lock-side terminal generates the electronic key at random, and sends the randomly generated electronic key to the one portable terminal.

Abstract: A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information and elements of demodulated other transmission system information and then arranging the selected elements.

Abstract: A data transmission device is provided including a monitoring unit 2 for monitoring a transmission time period of data and predicting a transmission timing with which the above-mentioned data will be transmitted next time from the transmission time period. The data transmission device delays the transmission timing of data in the data transmission device when the transmission timing of the data in the data transmission device is close to a transmission timing predicted by the monitoring unit 2, whereas commands a network I/F unit 1 to transmit the data in the data transmission device when the transmission timing of the data in the data transmission device is not close to the predicted transmission timing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a remote control communication device including a data generating unit 107 for generating virtual image data imitating an interface not existing in a remote device 2 of type determined in such a way that the interface can be operated in the remote device 2; a data processing unit 108 for processing image data for remote devices in which the virtual image data is included in image data of a display unit 101 in such a way that the image data for remote devices is suited to a display screen of the remote device 2, and for transmitting the processed image data for remote devices to the remote device 2; and a control unit 111 for, when receiving operation information about an operation which is performed on the basis of the image data for remote devices in the remote device, performing an operation in the interface according to the operation information.

Abstract: A conditional access apparatus receives a filter condition from another conditional access apparatus to set the filter condition to a filter unit 1 thereof. When key information meeting the above-mentioned filter condition is outputted from the filter unit 1, the conditional access apparatus informs the key information to the other conditional access apparatus, and also informs the filter condition set to the filter unit 1 by the key information control unit 3 to the other conditional access apparatus and acquires key information meeting the above-mentioned filter condition from the other conditional access apparatus.

Abstract: A filler for reinforcement joint that ensures excellent fluidity and retention thereof, exhibiting appropriate length change ratio and high strength performance; and a method of reinforcement joint filling operation using the same. There are provided a filler for reinforcement joint containing a cement, an expanding material, a pozzolana micropowder, a water reducing agent and a sand, and a method of reinforcement joint filling operation using the same, characterized in that the expanding material is a calcium aluminoferrite expanding material, and that the pozzolana micropowder is a silicious micropowder having a silicon dioxide (SiO2) content of 90% or higher and having a hydrogen ion concentration falling in an acid region, and that the water reducing agent is a polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent. The calcium aluminoferrite expanding material preferably has a value of Brain specific surface area of 2000 to 6000 cm2/g. The sand is preferably a weighty sand of 3.0 g/cm3 or higher density.

Abstract: A data transmission device is provided including a monitoring unit 2 for monitoring a transmission time period of data and predicting a transmission timing with which the above-mentioned data will be transmitted next time from the transmission time period. The data transmission device delays the transmission timing of data in the data transmission device when the transmission timing of the data in the data transmission device is close to a transmission timing predicted by the monitoring unit 2, whereas commands a network I/F unit 1 to transmit the data in the data transmission device when the transmission timing of the data in the data transmission device is not close to the predicted transmission timing.

Abstract: A moving image display includes a data forming unit 10 for extracting encoded data from received data; a decoding unit 13 for decoding moving image data from the encoded data extracted by the data forming unit 10, and for detecting not only error information at the decoding, but also visual characteristic information indicating a feature of a picture to be displayed; a storage unit 14 for storing the moving image data decoded by the decoding unit 13 as still image data; and a switching control unit 15 for outputting, as display data, the moving image data decoded by the decoding unit 13 or the still image data stored in the storage unit 14 in accordance with the error information and visual characteristic information detected by the decoding unit 13.

Abstract: A broadcast receiver stores history information about switching between sending-out stations, the history information including broadcast display state information, in a storage unit 7 while bringing the history information into correspondence with position information about a position of a vehicle, and compares current broadcast display state information acquired at a current position of the vehicle with broadcast display state information in history information which is extracted from the storage unit 7 and which corresponds to a position which is the same as the current position to determine that a sending-out station corresponding to history information which provides a display state which is the same as the display state of a broadcast wave currently being received as the vehicle travels is a switching destination.

Abstract: A conditional access apparatus receives a filter condition from another conditional access apparatus to set the filter condition to a filter unit 1 thereof. When key information meeting the above-mentioned filter condition is outputted from the filter unit 1, the conditional access apparatus informs the key information to the other conditional access apparatus, and also informs the filter condition set to the filter unit 1 by the key information control unit 3 to the other conditional access apparatus and acquires key information meeting the above-mentioned filter condition from the other conditional access apparatus.

Abstract: A filler for reinforcement joint that ensures excellent fluidity and retention thereof, exhibiting appropriate length change ratio and high strength performance; and a method of reinforcement joint filling operation using the same. There are provided a filler for reinforcement joint containing a cement, an expanding material, a pozzolana micropowder, a water reducing agent and a sand, and a method of reinforcement joint filling operation using the same, characterized in that the expanding material is a calcium aluminoferrite expanding material, and that the pozzolana micropowder is a silicious micropowder having a silicon dioxide (SiO2) content of 90% or higher and having a hydrogen ion concentration falling in an acid region, and that the water reducing agent is a polycarboxylic acid water reducing agent. The calcium aluminoferrite expanding material preferably has a value of Brain specific surface area of 2000 to 6000 cm2/g. The sand is preferably a weighty sand of 3.0 g/cm3 or higher density.

Abstract: A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information and elements of demodulated other transmission system information and then arranging the selected elements.

Abstract: A mortar grouting type joint for reinforcing bars is provided, which comprises a hollow cylindrical body having an opening cover (2) at an end, a bolt hole (8) on the side wall, and a supporting protrusion (5) on the inner peripheral wall, adapted to support reinforcing bars (12) with a bolt (13) and the supporting protrusion (5), wherein the supporting protrusion (5) consists of a pair of thin-walled members extending in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the hollow cylindrical body, and each thin-walled member has a ridge line (7) sloping toward the opening cover (2), with the portion of the thin-walled member supporting the reinforcing bar (12) inserted through the opening cover (2) constituting the apex, whereby the reinforcing bar to be inserted can be automatically guided to the position coaxial with the joint, said joint being suitable for performing connection of a number of sets of bare reinforcing bars such as connection of reinforcing bar structures.

Abstract: A car navigation map update system includes map update data delivery equipment and one or more car navigation terminals. The map update data delivery equipment includes a map update data broadcasting section for broadcasting map update data by radio waves. Each car navigation terminal receives the broadcast map update data, stores the map update data in a map update data storing medium, and utilizes the map update data in connection with map information data prestored in a map data recording medium. This enables the terminals to collect latest map data using a receiver already installed in the car navigation terminals without adding a data transmitter, thereby solving a problem of a conventional car navigation system which requires a data transmitter installed in the car navigation terminal for sending a message to a host to obtain the map update data, and hence complicates the configuration and increases the cost of the system.

Abstract: A mortar grouting type connector for reinforcing bars having a grouting port and a discharging port disposed adjacent the ends thereof, a plurality of annular ridges provided on its internal surface and a stopper provided approximately at its mid-length portion, wherein a plurality of longitudinal flanges are provided which extend from around the stopper toward one end opening of the connector. The longitudinal flanges are provided to align the reinforcing bars within the connector and prevent the tip of the reinforcing bar inserted into the connector from being displaced.