Abstract: There is provided an information signal processing method used when performing a special reproduction operation for digest reproduction of a video/audio information signal of a broadcast program.

Abstract: A water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen containing at least colored resin particles which have an average particle diameter of 2 to 20 ?m and which are non-thermoplastic in a proportion of 5 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition and non-colored particles having a glass transition point of 60° C. or higher. The average particle diameter of the non-colored particles is preferably to 0.01 to 10 ?m. The ink composition preferably includes at least one selected from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of glycerin and ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of diglycerin in a proportion of 1 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition.

Abstract: An information signal processing method is provided which is to be used for special playback operations to make summary (digest) playback of image/voice data signals of a broadcast program.

Abstract: A water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen containing at least colored resin particles which have an average particle diameter of 2 to 20 ?m and which are non-thermoplastic in a proportion of 5 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition and non-colored particles having a glass transition point of lower than 0° C. The average particle diameter of the non-colored particles is controlled preferably to 0.01 to 10 ?m. The composition preferably includes at least one selected from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of glycerin and ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of diglycerin in a proportion of 1 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition.

Abstract: An ink follower for a ballpoint pen using a water-based ink in which a value of the test for oil separation (60° C., 24 hours) according to JIS K 2220-5.7-1993 is 0.5 to 12% and which has a viscoelasticity predominant in an elastic response or a value of tan ? of 0.1 to 1.5 at a temperature of 25° C. and in the full frequency range of an angular frequency of 0.1 to 630 rad/sec, and it contains as a base oil, a non-water-soluble organic solvent having a viscosity of 5 Pas·sec or less at a temperature of 25° C. and a shearing speed of 1 to 400 sec?1. Polybutene, mineral oil and silicone oil can be used as the base oil.

Abstract: An ink follower which has stable followability regardless of a pen body specification, a flow rate for writing and a writing speed and does not cause back leaking of the ink originating in shortage in the ink follower in the middle of writing and scattering of the ink follower by impact applied to the pen body and which does not flow out from the ink reservoir in storing the pen body at a high temperature and provides a stable flow rate for writing. An ink follower is also provided which prevents the ink from volatilizing by shutting off the ink from the outside air (volatilization preventing property) and which prevents the ink from leaking in writing with the pen turned upward. The ink follower, for example, contains a non-volatile or slightly volatile organic solvent and a non-styrene base thermoplastic elastomer which is soluble or swollen in the organic solvent and showing viscoelasticity which is predominant in elastic response.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital signal transmission system and method, a transmission apparatus and method, and a reception apparatus and method that can reproduce an audio reference clock of a plurality of different frequencies from a video reference clock. A pixel clock is divided by a divider 51 into a signal of a constant frequency and the phases are compared by a phase comparator 52. An Fs decoder 32 determines P and Q, which are division ratio information, based on Fs information representing the frequency of an audio clock transmitted from a transmitting side and supplies them to a variable divider 55 and a variable divider 56. As a result, even if the frequency of the audio clock changes, the oscillation frequency of the a VCO unit 54 can be kept constant, and the variable divider 56 can output a signal of a constant frequency to keep constant the frequency of the signal transmitted to the phase comparator 52.

Abstract: An ink-storing member for a writing instrument which can inhibit deterioration in the ink caused by permeation of oxygen and nitrogen contained in air, inhibit leaking of the ink and generation of bubbles, enhance discharge stability of the ink, improve fragrance retention of a perfume-containing ink, prevent inferior writing brought about by reduction in an internal pressure of an ink-storing vessel in a pressure type writing instrument and prevent deterioration in the ink due to vaporization of moisture of a water-based ink and deterioration in the ink caused y moisture absorption in an oil-based ink. Such ink-storing member includes, for example, an ink-storing member for a writing instrument which is constituted of a multilayer structure having an organic high molecular compound layer constituted of an organic high molecular compound an inorganic compound layer constituted of an inorganic compound.

Abstract: Provided is an ink follower which has stable followability regardless of a pen body specification, a flow rate for writing and a writing speed and does not cause back leaking of the ink originating in shortage in the ink follower in the middle of writing and scattering of the ink follower by impact applied to the pen body and which does not flow out from the ink reservoir in storing the pen body at a high temperature and provides a stable flow rate for writing. Further, provided is an ink follower which prevents the ink from volatilizing by shutting off the ink from the outside air (volatilization preventing property) and which prevents the ink from leaking in writing with the pen turned upward. The above ink follower includes, for example, an ink follower characterized by containing a non-volatile or slightly volatile organic solvent and a non-styrene base thermoplastic elastomer which is soluble or swollen in the organic solvent and showing viscoelasticity which is predominant in elastic response.

Abstract: A decision feed back equalizer provides two feedback routines for one symbol-preceding decided data. The signal space is separated into decidable areas and uncertainty areas. Within each of decidable area the distance between any point and the signal point is small. Within each uncertainty area the distance between any point and the signal point is large. If the symbol-preceding equalized signal is in a decidable area, the piece of decided data is fed back, as it is presumed to be correct. If the symbol-preceding equalized signal exists in an uncertainty area, the piece of decided data is not fed back, as it is presumed to be in error. Here the one piece data is selected from all the predicted symbol-preceding decided data so that the instant equalized data is now in the decidable area. This piece of decided data is now fed back.

Abstract: Provided is a water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen characterized by comprising at least colored resin particles which have an average particle diameter of 2 to 20 ?m and which are non-thermoplastic in a proportion of 5 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition and non-colored particles having a glass transition point of 60° C. or higher. The average particle diameter of the non-colored particles described above is controlled preferably to 0.01 to 10 ?m. The water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen described above further comprises preferably at least one selected from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of glycerin and ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of diglycerin in a proportion of 1 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition. The above water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen is further stable with the passage of time and excellent in a writing performance, erasability by an eraser and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: Provided is an ink follower for a ballpoint pen using a water-based ink in which a value of the test for oil separation (60° C., 24 hours) according to JIS K 2220-5.7-1993 is 0.5 to 12% and which has a viscoelasticity predominant in an elastic response or a value of tan ? of 0.1 to 1.5 at a temperature of 25° C. and in the full frequency range of an angular frequency of 0.1 to 630 rad/sec, and it contains as a base oil, a non-water-soluble organic solvent having a viscosity of 5 Pas·sec or less at a temperature of 25° C. and a shearing speed of 1 to 400 sec?1. Polybutene, mineral oil and silicone oil can be used as the base oil.

Abstract: A method of extracting information from a structured document includes the steps of assigning a partial tree identifier inclusive of a tag identifier to a selected partial tree wherein the tag identifier includes a name of a tag corresponding to a root of the selected partial tree, a name of at least one format attribute of the tag, and a value of the at least one format attribute, arranging names of format attributes in a predetermined order in the tag identifier if the at least one format attribute of the tag includes two or more format attributes, and identifying a partial tree having a partial tree identifier identical to the partial tree identifier of the selected partial tree from a list of partial tree identifiers of partial trees that exist in the structured document after updating thereof.

Abstract: Letting fp be the frequency of a pixel clock, fs be the audio sampling frequency, and fa be the frequency of an audio clock to be reproduced, fa=384fs=(N/M)fp, where N and M are frequency dividing ratios between the pixel clock and the audio clock of a frequency corresponding to the audio sampling frequency. When fs=48 kHz, M=27000 and N=18432, and when fs=44.1 kHz, M=30000 and N=18816. A VCO control unit detects a change in the audio sampling frequency fs from a control voltage Vctl output from a loop filter or from the frequency fo of an output clock of an oscillating unit, and then selects one of at least two VCOs.

Abstract: Provided is a water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen characterized by comprising at least colored resin particles which have an average particle diameter of 2 to 20 ?m and which are non-thermoplastic in a proportion of 5 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition and non-colored particles having a glass transition point of lower than 0° C. The average particle diameter of the non-colored particles described above is controlled preferably to 0.01 to 10 ?m. The water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen described above further comprises preferably at least one selected from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of glycerin and ethylene oxide or propylene oxide adducts of diglycerin in a proportion of 1 to 30% by weight based on the total amount of the ink composition. The above water-based ink composition for a ballpoint pen is stable with the passage of time and excellent in a writing performance, erasability by an eraser and abrasion resistance.

Abstract: Provided is an ink-storing member for a writing instrument which can inhibit deterioration in the ink itself caused by permeation of oxygen and nitrogen contained in air, inhibit leaking of the ink and generation of bubbles, enhance discharge stability of the ink, improve fragrance retention of a perfume-containing ink, prevent inferior writing brought about by reduction in an internal pressure of an ink-storing vessel in a pressure type writing instrument and prevent deterioration in the ink due to vaporization of moisture of a water-based ink and deterioration in the ink caused by moisture absorption in an oil-based ink.

Abstract: In a ballpoint pen which is formed to have an ink-consumption value per unit area of 0.64 to 1.6 mg/cm2, the surface tension of the ink for the ball point pen is adjusted to a range of 16 to 32 mN/m so that blotting, line splitting and the like hardly occur, that the ink transferred onto the paper surface is ready to be dried and that fluctuation in the density and width of the written lines are less likely to occur due to a storage environment and to a writing condition.

Abstract: In a ball pen which is formed to have an ink-consumption value per unit area of 0.64 to 1.6 mg/cm2, the water content is adjusted in the range from 30.0 to 80.0 wt %, the content of a volatilization-inhibiting substance in the range from 0.1 to 10.0 wt % and the content of a hardly-volatile water-soluble liquid medium in the range from 1.0 to 40.0 wt % in the ink for a ball pen in order to achieve both the quick-drying property of the ink transferred onto the paper surface and the non-drying property of the point of the pen-tip and further a good writing feeling.

Abstract: Provided is a water based ink composition for a writing instrument comprising at least one of nonionic surfactants comprising polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols and alkylphenols, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide adducts of higher alcohols, ethylene oxide adducts of castor oil or hardened castor oil, ethylene oxide adducts of hardened castor oil fatty acid esters and ethylene oxide adducts of higher alkylamines and fatty acid amides and further comprising a colorant, a perfume and water. It is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and has durability of fragrance, in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state.

Abstract: A water based ink composition for a ballpoint pen which is comprises an alkali-swelling associative thickener comprising a polymer having a carboxyl group and a hydrophobic group, a pigment, a polar solvent containing water, a pH controlling agent and other additives. It is a water based ink composition which is stable over a long period of time without settling of the pigment itself and can be filled into a ballpoint pen having simplified ink free type structure as is the case with a ballpoint pen using an oil based ink.