Abstract: A physiologically active substance of aglycon type, in particular, aglycon isoflavone, can be efficiently produced, without resort to any acid/alkali treatment or fermentation and substantially without changing the physical properties of a material, by treating the material with a sufficient amount of diglycosidase for a sufficient period of time at an appropriate temperature and pH so that a physiologically active substance of glycoside type contained in the material can be converted into the physiologically active substance of aglycon type. Moreover, by using diglycosidase and/or a specific enzyme preparation, the aglycon content in a protein or protein-containing food can be increased and the flavor thereof can be improved.

Abstract: A mobile IP communication scheme in which the mobile computer can be operated using the mobile communication protocol such as Mobile IP even in the case where the home network is operated by the dynamic address allocation protocol such as DHCP is disclosed. The current location registration message to be transmitted by the mobile computer from the visited site to the mobile computer management device contains an information indicating that the dynamic address allocation has been received at the home network and an information capable of identifying the mobile computer, and the mobile computer management device carries out exchanges with the dynamic address management server on behalf of the mobile computer, so that the mobile computer which has received the dynamic address allocation at the home network can be operated at the visited site by using the mobile communication protocol.

Abstract: In an optical transmitting or receiving apparatus, a plurality of replaceable electro-optic converters or a plurality of replaceable opto-electric converters are provided in correspondence with optical transmission lines.

Abstract: A mobile IP communication scheme in which the mobile computer can be operated using the mobile communication protocol such as Mobile IP even in the case where the home network is operated by the dynamic address allocation protocol such as DHCP is disclosed. The current location registration message to be transmitted by the mobile computer from the visited site to the mobile computer management device contains an information indicating that the dynamic address allocation has been received at the home network and an information capable of identifying the mobile computer, and the mobile computer management device carries out exchanges with the dynamic address management server on behalf of the mobile computer, so that the mobile computer which has received the dynamic address allocation at the home network can be operated at the visited site by using the mobile communication protocol.

Abstract: A radio communication device is provided with a unit for acquiring a prediction information for a frequency, time or direction to be used by each one of the first radio control scheme of the radio communication device and a second radio control scheme of another surrounding radio communication device, and a unit for obtaining a predicted frequency, time or direction for which interferences between radio communications by the first radio control scheme and radio communications by the second radio control scheme are predicted to occur according to the prediction information, and control the radio communication unit to carry out radio communications by avoiding the predicted frequency, time or direction.

Abstract: An apparatus that recognizes inputted speech and complements the result of the speech recognition just before a filled pause when the filled pause is detected.

Abstract: PLL (Phase Locked Loop) circuits have difficulty achieving both short pull-in time and stable hold-over time simultaneously. The PLL circuit of the present invention includes a first integrator and a second integrator. To reduce a pull-in time, feedback loop including the first integrator is provided with a sufficiently great loop gain. For stable holdover, a feedback loop including the second integrator is provided with a loop gain small enough to obviate the influence of the momentary variation of an input signal frequency.

Abstract: A controller of a base station supervises radio communication between the base station and a plurality of personal stations of which a respective one has preset functions of which a description data is stored in a registering section of the base station so that, when an arbitrary personal station is operated into an off-hook state in response to a call it has received from a call sending station, the controller reads the description data of the functions of the personal station in the off-hook state and sends the read data to the call sending station, where it is processed to display a description of the functions before sending back a message of a complete display to the base station, where the controller responds thereto for connecting the personal station in the off-hook state for a talk with the call sending station.

Abstract: Idle frames are transmitted from first and second nodes of ring network in response to a first link failure, and protection switching is performed to form a first loop between the first and second nodes via at least a third node on receiving idle frames and Bridged & Switched frames are transmitted to the first loop. At the third node, AU (administrative unit) squelching is performed in response to a second link failure in the first loop, and protection switching is performed at the third node to form a second loop between the second and third nodes, and VT squelch is performed at the third node and busy indication frames are sent from the third node to the second node until the VT (virtual tributary) squelch is completed. From the third node to the second node, Bridged & Switched frames are transmitted and the AU squelch is cleared upon completion of the VT squelch.

Abstract: A cordless station is operable in a local mode when it is in a local area and in a global mode when it is outside of the local area. The cordless station is assigned a telephone number of a cellular mobile telephone network (CMTN) for establishing a connection therewith when it is operating in the global mode. A memory is provided for storing the cellular telephone number. A controller is connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to receive an incoming call and forwards it to the cordless station when the latter is operating in the local mode, and operates a telephone answering unit to record a message of the call if the cordless station is operating in the global mode. When a message is recorded, the controller originates a call to the PSTN using the telephone number stored in the memory to establish a connection through the PSTN and CMTN networks to the cordless station operating in the global mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a synchronous ring network system, which has a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes has: switching means for conducting a protection switching processing in response to a trouble; higher-order path misconnection search means for searching a misconnection of the AU signal caused by the switching processing; means for instructing the higher-order path squelch means to squelch an AU signal from the result of the higher-order path misconnection searching; lower-order path misconnection search means for searching a misconnection of the TU signal caused by the switching processing: means for instructing the lower-order path squelch means to squelch a TU signal from the result of the lower-order path misconnection searching; means for instructing the release of the higher-order path squelch after squelching by the lower-order path squelch means; and means for instructing the higher-order path overhead processing means to stop the termination as to a predetermined byte of each byte for composing the hig

Abstract: A non-contacting charging device is disclosed which performs charging in which electric power of a charger 1 is supplied without direct contact to a storage battery 210, and which includes in the charger 1 a primary coil 103 and circuits 104, 105 for supplying AC power to the primary coil, and also includes in the radio communication device having a storage battery 210, a secondary coil 212 that couples electromagnetically with the primary coil 103 and a circuit 211 for supplying the induced current power generated in the secondary coil to the storage battery as charging power. This device is provided with halt signal generating circuits 203, 209, and 214 for generating a halt signal that commands a halt of supply of AC power to the primary coil, and a halting circuit for halting supply of AC power to the primary coil in response to a halt signal, the halt signal generating circuit being provided in the radio communication device.