Abstract: The invention offers technology for suppressing damage to semiconductor devices due to temperature changes. When flip-chip mounting a silicon chip on a buildup type multilayer substrate having a structure with a thinned core, a core having a small coefficient of thermal expansion is used in the multilayer substrate, and the coefficient of thermal expansion and glass transition point of the underfill are appropriately designed in accordance with the thickness and coefficient of thermal expansion of the core. By doing so, it is possible to relieve stresses inside the semiconductor package caused by deformation of the multilayer substrate due to temperature changes, and thereby to suppress damage to the semiconductor package due to temperature changes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite porous metal body including: a sheet-like metal part containing a porous body having a three-dimensional network structure and being made of titanium or titanium alloy; and a resin part extending in an in-plane direction of the metal part and being integrally formed with the metal part. The handling property of the porous metal body is improved without sacrificing the effective area of the porous metal body.

Abstract: Characteristic amounts in each small region of audio signals transmitted in the working system and the standby system are extracted by characteristic amount calculators 6-1, 6-2. A characteristic amount comparator 7 compares the characteristic amounts and judges occurrence of fault of a fault. Characteristic amount difference calculators 9-1, 9-2, ?D? comparator 10, and faulty system judging unit 11 judges the system having a fault. Majority decision processor 12 and significance judging unit 13 enhance the reliability of the judgement. Delay difference of audio signals between systems is roughly detected by sub-sampling audio signals of two systems and comparing them, and then accurately detected without sub-sampling. Delay difference between audio signals is adjusted by the detected delay difference.

Abstract: An OTP memory cell according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate including a lower electrode forming region having a lower electrode formed therein, a diffusion layer forming region having a source and a drain formed therein, a first trench-type insulating region, and a second trench-type insulating region; an upper electrode being in contact with the first trench-type insulating region and formed on the lower electrode with the first insulating film interposed therebetween; and a gate electrode being in contact with the second trench-type insulating region and formed on a channel region with the second insulating film interposed therebetween, in which a shape of at least a part of an end of the lower electrode forming region in contact with the first insulating film is sharper than a shape of an end of the channel region in contact with the second insulating film.

Abstract: A print control apparatus in which a plurality of print apparatuses having a hold print function are caused to hold print data, and the print data of other print apparatuses other than a print apparatus print-instructed by a user is deleted, is provided. A print server is connected to the plurality of printers having a hold print function through a network. The print server includes a print data transmission portion that transmits print data received from a PC to printers to cause the printers to hold the print data, and a print data deletion instruction portion that, when a print notification of the print data is received from any one of the plurality of the printers, instructs other printers other than the printer to delete the print data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a quantization control system for video coding, for optimizing bit allocation based on visual priority which expresses at high precision human visual characteristics for videos, thereby improving subjective image quality of the whole image even with a limited number of bits. An object is extracted from a picture of an input image (S1) and a gaze parameter V(j) for the extracted object is calculated (S2). Then, a texture attribute parameter t(k) of each macroblock included in the object is calculated (S3). The gaze parameter V(j) and texture attribute parameter t(k) are used to calculate a visual priority parameter w(k) for each macroblock. Based on this parameter w(k), a quantization parameter is determined.

Abstract: An encoding unit encodes data at a first rate during an initial predetermined section of uncompressed data (a), and encodes data at a second rate after the initial predetermined section (where the first rate<the second rate), and encoded data are stored in a storage. The storage is read out the stored data to a network at a transmission rate equal to the transmission rate of the network. A decoding unit decodes received data at the first rate during an initial predetermined section, and decodes received data at a second rate after the initial predetermined section. For finite contents, receiving completion and decoding completion of the received data are simultaneous. In accordance with the present invention, while tolerance with respect to data incoming fluctuations is ensured, playback of dynamic images and music and the like can be immediately started after receiving.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes electrode sheets composed of an electrically conductive porous body composed by a sheet member having a framework having a three-dimensional mesh structure containing pores, a catalyst layer formed on one side thereof, and a resin portion integrally formed on an outer peripheral edge; the electrically conductive porous body has a current collection portion formed in a portion thereof having a laminated structure consisting of a plurality of sheet members, and the pores in each sheet member of the current collection portion are formed to be pressed flatter than the pores of other portions; a resin penetrates into pores within the electrically conductive porous body at bound portions of the resin portion and the electrically conductive porous body; and, among a plurality of unit cells A and B, at least a portion thereof are connected in series by means of an electrically conductive member that passes through an electrolyte membrane from the current collection portion of the electrically con

Abstract: A spongy sintered article of titanium or titanium alloy having a three-dimensional network structure in which continuous pores opening to a surface and continuing with internal pores are formed, and having a porosity of 50 to 98%, the spongy sintered article having a composition consisting of 0.1 to 0.6% by mass of carbon and a remainder containing titanium and inevitable impurities, the inevitable impurities having an oxygen content limited to not more than 0.6% by mass, and the spongy sintered article exhibiting an excellent compression strength.

Abstract: A flip-chip semiconductor package and method of manufacture thereof, the flip-chip semiconductor being highly reliable due to suppression of cracking. The flip-chip semiconductor package is formed by flip-chip bonding of a semiconductor chip-connecting electrode surface of a circuit board 1 and an electrode surface of a semiconductor chip 2, dispensing of an encapsulation resin 4 between the circuit board 1 and the semiconductor chip 2, and formation of fillet 4b by providing the encapsulation resin 4 on peripheral side portions of the semiconductor chip, the fillet 4b having inclined surfaces extending from upper edges 2a of the peripheral side portions of the semiconductor chip 2 outward toward the circuit board, wherein the angle of inclination formed between the inclined surfaces and the peripheral side portions of the semiconductor chip 2 is 50 degrees or less in the vicinity of the upper edges of the peripheral side portions 2a of the semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A matching section performs motion estimation upon a predetermined processing unit of input video (p) by, e.g., an iterative gradient method. A motion vector (v) obtained by the iterative gradient method is obtained by the expression v=?·?v+v0 (wherein v0 indicates an initial displacement motion vector and ?v indicates a differential vector). A characteristic amount extraction section extracts a characteristic amount from the distribution of motion vectors obtained by the motion estimation. A parameter determination section determines a conversion parameter ? applied to the next processing unit by the characteristic amount. If the characteristic amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the conversion parameter ? is determined to be larger (e.g., ?=1). If the characteristic amount is smaller than the threshold, the conversion parameter ? is determined to be smaller (e.g., ?=0.1).

Abstract: An electric distribution box includes a printed circuit board that has a distribution installation circuit, a fuse holder that has a plurality of first connection terminals for connecting the distribution installation circuit, a connector block that has a plurality of second connection terminals for connecting the distribution installation circuit, and a power bus bar. The fuse holder is attached to a first end portion of the printed circuit board. The connector block is attached to a second end portion of the printed circuit board. The power bus bar is attached to the printed circuit board so as to face an attached face of the print circuit board in which the fuse holder and the connector block are attached.

Abstract: A matching section performs motion estimation upon a predetermined processing unit of input video (p) by, e.g., an iterative gradient method. A motion vector (v) obtained by the iterative gradient method is obtained by the expression v=?·?v+v0 (wherein v0 indicates an initial displacement motion vector and ?v indicates a differential vector). A characteristic amount extraction section extracts a characteristic amount from the distribution of motion vectors obtained by the motion estimation. A parameter determination section determines a conversion parameter ? applied to the next processing unit by the characteristic amount. If the characteristic amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the conversion parameter ? is determined to be larger (e.g., ?=1). If the characteristic amount is smaller than the threshold, the conversion parameter ? is determined to be smaller (e.g., ?=0.1).

Abstract: Perforations of a board for building material are formed by a number of recesses (13), or a number of recesses (13) and through-holes (12). A bottom face (16) of the recess forms a face for screwing or driving the fixing element (70) thereto. A color of the bottom face is set to have a brightness of color decreased in comparison with a color of a surface (18) of the board. A substrate of the board is a gypsum board and the bottom face of the recess is formed by a liner paper for gypsum board. According to such a board, a region for screwing or driving the fixing element thereto can be ensured without impairing regularity, uniformity or architectural design of the perforations, and putty finishing or the like for an exposed part of the fixing element can be omitted.

Abstract: [Problems] Miniaturization and weight-saving of a fuel cell including a plurality of unit cells are intended together with higher integration of the unit cells. [Means for Solving Problems] A pair of electrode sheet 100a, 100b, each having a plurality of fuel electrodes 110a, 110b or a plurality of oxidant electrodes 112a, 112b supported by a resin section 102, are disposed on a single plane on the respective surfaces of a solid electrolyte membrane 105 to configure a plurality of unit cells. The fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode of the adjacent two unit cells existing on the respective surfaces of the solid electrolyte membrane are connected in series by using an electroconductive member penetrating the solid electrolyte membrane. Since the electroconductive member 108 extends along the stacking direction of the cell, no excess space is required to achieve the miniaturization of the fuel cell.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus, which sets a space on a sheet that permits recording of images, for recording an image based on externally received image data within the space on a sheet, includes receiving means for receiving settings about information to be recorded together with the image, space securing means for securing a space for recording the information within the set space, and means for recording the information within the secured space when recording the image on a sheet.

Abstract: An image data transmitting apparatus, which comprises transmitting means for transmitting image data to outside and setting means for setting one or a plurality of destinations of image data to be transmitted by the transmitting means, for transmitting image data to one or a plurality of set destinations, comprising means for determining whether a set destination is a destination which follows a predetermined rule or not and annunciating means for annunciating the fact when it is determined that the set destination is not a destination which follows the rule.

Abstract: Feature quantities of a transmitted picture and a received picture are extracted from a first and second block-by-block feature quantity extraction parts which are provided on a transmitting and receiving sides, respectively. The extracted feature quantities are transmitted to a block degradation calculation part which compares the transmitted feature quantities and finds the degree of picture quality degradation for each block. Next, a median filter replaces the degree of picture quality degradation for the each block with a median of the degrees of picture quality degradation among the neighboring blocks of the each block. Then, a degraded block detection part compares the median with a predetermined threshold and detects a degraded block. Finally, a degraded region detection part removes an isolated degraded block and detects a degraded region. According to the invention, local picture quality degradation in a frame caused by transmission failure can be automatically detected with high accuracy.

Abstract: A composite porous body, a gas diffusion layer member of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, a cell member for the polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The composite porous body is a metallic composite porous body in which a sheet-like metal portion composed of a composite porous body having a three-dimensional mesh structure and a resin portion extending in an in-plane direction of the metal portion are integrally formed with each other. The gas diffusion layer member of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is composed of a composite porous body in which a sheet-like metal portion composed of a composite porous body having a three-dimensional mesh structure and a resin portion extending in an in-plane direction of the metal portion are integrally formed with each other. Also, the gas diffusion layer member of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell has a separator plate, and the conductive porous body placed on at least one surface of the separator plate.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus transmits encrypted image data created by encrypting image data by using an authentication code as an encryption key and the first converted information created by digesting the authentication code by using a one-way function to an image recording apparatus. The image recording apparatus creates the second converted information by digesting an authentication code received directly from the user by using a one-way function, decrypts the received encrypted image data into image data by using the received authentication code as a decryption key if the created second converted information and the received first converted information coincide, and creates and records an image based on the decrypted image data.