Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin composition including: an aqueous polyurethane resin which is a chain-extended product obtained from a neutralized product of an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer which is a reaction product of (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) polyols, and (C) a diol having a carboxy group and/or a carboxylate group, by using (D) a polyamine having two or more amino groups and/or imino groups in one molecule, wherein (B) the polyols contain (b-1) a polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of 600 to 10,000 and (b-2) a polytetramethylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 4,000, a total amount of (b-1) the polypropylene glycol and (b-2) the polytetramethylene glycol accounts for 50% by mass or more of an entire amount of (B) the polyols, and a mass ratio between (b-1) the polypropylene glycol and (b-2) the polytetramethylene glycol is (b-1):(b-2)=0.5:99.5 to 60:40.

Abstract: A method for producing an anti-fouling coating film includes: a step (1) of applying a fine uneven layer forming agent containing at least one type of polysilazane as at least one type of silica raw material on at least one surface of a base substrate, the aforementioned at least one surface comprising at least one type of resin, to form a fine uneven layer containing silica and polysilazane; a step (2) of applying a modification layer forming agent containing a reactive organic compound and polysiloxane or perfluoropolyether on a surface of the fine uneven layer obtained in the step (1), to form a modification layer containing polysiloxane or perfluoropolyether, and a step (3) of applying lubricating oil containing silicone oil or fluorinated oil on a surface of the modification layer obtained in the step (2), to form a lubricating oil layer.

Abstract: A method for producing an anti-fouling coating film includes: a step (1) of applying a fine uneven layer forming agent containing at least one type of polysilazane as at least one type of silica raw material on at least one surface of a base substrate, the aforementioned at least one surface comprising at least one type of resin, to form a fine uneven layer containing silica and polysilazane; a step (2) of applying a modification layer forming agent containing a reactive organic compound and polysiloxane or perfluoropolyether on a surface of the fine uneven layer obtained in the step (1), to form a modification layer containing polysiloxane or perfluoropolyether, and a step (3) of applying lubricating oil containing silicone oil or fluorinated oil on a surface of the modification layer obtained in the step (2), to form a lubricating oil layer.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a first transmission section for transmitting communication data using a first communication path in which band control is performed using a dedicated band and an undedicated band; a second transmission section for transmitting communication data using a second communication path in which priority control is performed depending on the priority of communication data; a switching control section for performing switching between the transmission using the first transmission section and the transmission using the second transmission section; and a parameter setting section for setting communication parameters for performing communication using the second communication path in the case that switching is performed from the transmission using the first transmission section to the transmission using the second transmission section.

Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline polyester resin obtained by condensation polymerization of a mixture comprising a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyol component, present in a range such that the ratio of the number of carboxyl groups from the polycarboxylic acid component and the number of hydroxyl groups from the polyol component is in the range of 100:108 to 100:120, and having an acid value of 5 to 20 mgKOH/g, wherein the polycarboxylic acid component includes a C8-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the content ratio of carboxyl groups from the C8-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is at least 90 mol % of the total amount of carboxyl groups from the polycarboxylic acid component, the polyol component includes a C8-12 aliphatic diol, and the content ratio of hydroxyl groups from the C8-12 aliphatic diol is at least 90 mol % of the total amount of hydroxyl groups from the polyol component.

Abstract: An amorphous polyester resin of the invention is obtained by reaction between a polyester resin (A), obtained by reaction between a polyhydric alcohol component and a first poly-carboxylic acid component, either or both including a 3 or higher valent component, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 6,000 to 40,000 and a hydroxyl value of 15 to 70 mgKOH/g, and a second poly-carboxylic acid component (a), under conditions satisfying the following equations (1), (2) and (3), and the amorphous polyester resin satisfying the following equation (4). (AVB?AVA)/AVa=0.5-0.7??(1) MwB/MwA=1.1-2.0??(2) OHVB/AVB=1.0-6.0??(3) MwB/MnB=3.0-15.

Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline polyester resin obtained by condensation polymerization of a mixture comprising a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyol component, present in a range such that the ratio of the number of carboxyl groups from the polycarboxylic acid component and the number of hydroxyl groups from the polyol component is in the range of 100:108 to 100:120, and having an acid value of 5 to 20 mgKOH/g, wherein the polycarboxylic acid component includes a C8-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the content ratio of carboxyl groups from the C8-12 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is at least 90 mol % of the total amount of carboxyl groups from the polycarboxylic acid component, the polyol component includes a C8-12 aliphatic diol, and the content ratio of hydroxyl groups from the C8-12 aliphatic diol is at least 90 mol % of the total amount of hydroxyl groups from the polyol component.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a first transmission section for transmitting communication data using a first communication path in which band control is performed using a dedicated band and an undedicated band; a second transmission section for transmitting communication data using a second communication path in which priority control is performed depending on the priority of communication data; a switching control section for performing switching between the transmission using the first transmission section and the transmission using the second transmission section; and a parameter setting section for setting communication parameters for performing communication using the second communication path in the case that switching is performed from the transmission using the first transmission section to the transmission using the second transmission section.

Abstract: An amorphous polyester resin of the invention is obtained by reaction between a polyester resin (A), obtained by reaction between a polyhydric alcohol component and a first poly-carboxylic acid component, either or both including a 3 or higher valent component, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 6,000 to 40,000 and a hydroxyl value of 15 to 70 mgKOH/g, and a second poly-carboxylic acid component (a), under conditions satisfying the following equations (1), (2) and (3), and the amorphous polyester resin satisfying the following equation (4). (AVB?AVA)/AVa=0.5-0.7??(1) MwB/MwA=1.1-2.0??(2) OHVB/AVB=1.0-6.0??(3) MwB/MnB=3.0-15.

Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin composition obtained by: obtaining a neutralized prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group by reacting a polyisocyanate (A) and a polyfunctional compound (B) containing a polyester polyol (B1) having an acidic group and at least one member selected from the group consisting of other polyols (B2) and chain extenders (B3) so as to satisfy a condition expressed by the following mathematical formula (1); and subjecting the neutralized prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group to a chain elongation reaction with the use of a polyamine (C) containing at least two groups selected from the group consisting of an amino group and an imino group and water (D) so as to satisfy conditions expressed by the following mathematical formulas (2) and (3) to obtain a elongated product, and then dispersing the elongated product into water: 100/80?a/b?100/40 ??(1) 100/98?a/(b+c)?100/80 ??(2) 100/105?a/(b+c+2d)?100/95 ??(3) (in formulas (1) to (3), a represents the number of isocyanate g

Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane resin composition obtained by: obtaining a neutralized prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group by reacting a polyisocyanate (A) and a polyfunctional compound (B) containing a polyester polyol (B1) having an acidic group and at least one member selected from the group consisting of other polyols (B2) and chain extenders (B3) so as to satisfy a condition expressed by the following mathematical formula (1); and subjecting the neutralized prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group to a chain elongation reaction with the use of a polyamine (C) containing at least two groups selected from the group consisting of an amino group and an imino group and water (D) so as to satisfy conditions expressed by the following mathematical formulas (2) and (3) to obtain a elongated product, and then dispersing the elongated product into water: 100/80?a/b?100/40 ??(1) 100/98?a/(b+c)?100/80 ??(2) 100/105?a/(b+c+2d)?100/95 ??(3) (in formulas (1) to (3), a represents the number of iso

Abstract: A signal recording apparatus includes a quantizer for quantizing a signal employing a quantization step. The apparatus further includes a quantization information creator for creating plural pieces of quantization information to specify the quantization step, an encoder for generating an encoded signal from the quantized signal, and a recorder for recording a compressed signal having data containing the plural pieces of quantization information and the encoded signal.

Abstract: An image signal encoding device has at least encoding means of dividing a luminescence signal and color-difference signals of image signals into macro blocks having a plurality of sub macro blocks and encoding data of the macro blocks with use of any one of a plurality of compression modes of which compression rate is different each other, wherein the total numbers of sub macro blocks in the each macro block are the same for the use of the all kinds of compression modes.

Abstract: A video signal shuffling device forms a segment with blocks having a given offset value in horizontal and vertical directions from a given starting point uniquely determined on the screen, the offset value being identical in every region. The segment is formed in a unit of one frame or two frames. The shuffling device divides one frame comprising blocks into a plurality of regions. A coding device determines a final priority as well as a final quantizer thereby quantizing a segment and providing the segment with a variable-length-coding based on a first priority, coding-quantity obtained from a plurality of quantizers, second priority and a quantizer. A coding device and its decoder, the coding device carries out a hierarchical coding by only a motion vector in a compressed stream at a lower resolution side and by agreeing a motion detected and a DCT block size with a size on the screen.

Abstract: There is disclosed a packet transmission apparatus for transmitting in a packet form a transmission unit including a data string arranged so as to divide predetermined data into a plurality of blocks, each block having a fixed length, block information for specifying the block type being added to each block. A DIF data processing circuit generates a transmission header having a new identifier by deleting predetermined redundancy information from the block information belonging to the plurality of blocks based on inputted data string, and then, generates a transmission unit having the generated transmission header. Next, a transmission terminal unit transmits the generated transmission unit by way of a transmission line.

Abstract: When recording/reproducing a digital video signal having 1080 effective lines, an MPEG stream can be extracted on the reproducing side with a simple structure and without causing serious deterioration of the image quality, and without wastefully consuming the capacity of the recording medium. To achieve this object, a macro block assembling circuit (semi-MPEG) 20 in the compression circuit 10 assembles macro blocks having 16 lines and macro blocks having 8 lines from the digital video signal. A DCT circuit (MPEG) 22 applies field DCT or frame DCT defined by the MPEG standard to the macro blocks with 16 lines and applies only the frame DCT defined by the MPEG standard to the macro blocks with 8 lines.

Abstract: A video signal layering-encoding system has at least either a frequency distribution unit to judge a frequency distribution in an input video signal or a motion judgment unit to judge the motion of an input video signal. With this, encoding quantity control according to the characteristics of the input video signal can be performed between layers. Also, with selection of encode modes and sharing of a motion vector, the encoded data of a bidirectionally predicted frame can be reduced and the encoding efficiency of a high resolution signal can be increased.

Abstract: The present invention includes a motion vector detector for detecting motion vectors using a first image signal of high resolution; a resolution reducer for creating a second image signal of low resolution from the first image signal; an image signal interpolater for interpolating the second image signal so that it has the same number of pixels as the first image signal, thereby creating an interpolated signal; a differentiator for determining a differential between the first image signal and the interpolated signal; and an encoder for using the motion vectors to high-efficiency-encode the differential signal. Thus, by encoding two types of image signals of different resolutions, the present invention improves the accuracy of the motion vectors during the encoding of the high-resolution signal and reduces the rate after encoding due to the encoding of the differential signal.

Abstract: A video signal coding device is provided with unit dividing means (202) for dividing an input picture into units each of which is a coding quantity control unit consisting of one or a plurality of frames to be processed by any one of intra-frame coding, inter-frame forward coding, and inter-frame bidirectional coding; activity calculating means (203) for calculating a frame activity for every frame of the input picture, and calculating a unit activity for every unit from the frame activities of frames belonging to the same unit; target coding quantity deciding means (205) for deciding a target coding quantity of a coding frame on the basis of the frame activity of the coding frame which is a coding object, the unit activity of a coding unit to which the coding unit belongs, and the average unit activity of a unit prior to the coding unit; and coding means (206) for coding the coding frame by the target coding quantity so as to generate coded data.

Abstract: A video signal coding device is provided with unit dividing means (202) for dividing an input picture into units each of which is a coding quantity control unit consisting of one or a plurality of frames to be processed by any one of intra-frame coding, inter-frame forward coding, and inter-frame bi-directional coding; activity calculating means (203) for calculating a frame activity for every frame of the input picture, and calculating a unit activity for every unit from the frame activities of frames belonging to the same unit; target coding quantity deciding means (205) for deciding a target coding quantity of a coding frame on the basis of the fame activity of the coding frame which is a coding object, the unit activity of a coding unit to which the coding unit belongs, and the average unit activity of a unit prior to the coding unit; and coding means (206) for coding the coding frame by the target coding quantity so as to generate coded data.