Abstract: A name data associating device according to one embodiment associates synonymous name data having different notation between a first database (DB) holding adjacency information and a second DB holding adjacency information and path identification information, and includes: a path information extraction unit that generates all paths having common data common between both DBs as a starting point and the name data in the second DB as vertices, and extracts path information of each path; a path creation unit that, based on the information held by the first DB, generates paths having the same conditions as the extracted path information of each path; and an associating unit that associates the name data between the first and second DBs by extracting, from the generated paths, a combination of paths having more vertices passed through and fewer overlapping parts, and associating the vertices of each extracted path with the vertices of each path generated by the path information extraction unit.

Abstract: When a received remote control signal does not satisfy any one of a plurality of conditions for a qualified remote control signal stored in a signal condition storage part, an electric device determines that the remote control signal is not a qualified remote control signal, and when the received remote control signal satisfies any one of the conditions, stores the remote control signal as a qualified remote control signal in a signal storage part. Next, when the received remote control signal matches the qualified remote control signal stored in the signal storage part, control is performed such that the electric device performs a predetermined operation. The conditions for the qualified remote control signal include, for example, that a pulse count is within a range of a predetermined number, and that a pulse width is within a range of a predetermined length.

Abstract: A speaker apparatus includes: a speaker operable to emit a sound; a receiver operable to receive an operation signal for operating an external apparatus; a relay section; a storage operable to store correspondence between operation information and operation signals that includes a first operation signal and a second operation signal; and a controller: when the operation signal received by the receiver is the first operation signal, operable to cause the relay section to transmit the operation signal received by the receiver to the external apparatus, and operate the speaker apparatus in accordance with operation information that corresponds to the first operation signal; and when the operation signal received by the receiver is the second operation signal, operable to prevent the relay section from transmitting the operation signal received by the receiver to the external apparatus.

Abstract: When a received remote control signal does not satisfy any one of a plurality of conditions for a qualified remote control signal stored in a signal condition storage part, an electric device determines that the remote control signal is not a qualified remote control signal, and when the received remote control signal satisfies any one of the conditions, stores the remote control signal as a qualified remote control signal in a signal storage part. Next, when the received remote control signal matches the qualified remote control signal stored in the signal storage part, control is performed such that the electric device performs a predetermined operation. The conditions for the qualified remote control signal include, for example, that a pulse count is within a range of a predetermined number, and that a pulse width is within a range of a predetermined length.

Abstract: A speaker apparatus includes: a speaker operable to emit a sound; a receiver operable to receive an operation signal for operating an external apparatus; a relay section; a storage operable to store correspondence between operation information and operation signals that includes a first operation signal and a second operation signal; and a controller: when the operation signal received by the receiver is the first operation signal, operable to cause the relay section to transmit the operation signal received by the receiver to the external apparatus, and operate the speaker apparatus in accordance with operation information that corresponds to the first operation signal; and when the operation signal received by the receiver is the second operation signal, operable to prevent the relay section from transmitting the operation signal received by the receiver to the external apparatus.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose ester film, an orientation layer and an optically anisotropic layer formed of liquid crystal molecules in this order. Alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is fixed. An alkaline solution is coated on a surface of the cellulose ester film to saponify the surface. The saponified surface is coated with a coating solution of the orientation layer.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose acetate film. The film contains 100 weight parts of cellulose acetate having an acetic acid content of 59.0 to 61.5% and 0.01 to 20 weight parts of an aromatic compound having at least two aromatic rings. The cellulose acetate film has an Re retardation value measured at 550 nm (Re550) in the range of 0 to 200 nm and an Rth retardation value measured at 550 nm (Rth550) in the range of 70 to 400 nm. The cellulose acetate film further has a thickness in the range of 10 to 70 ?m. The optical compensatory sheet is used in a liquid crystal display.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose ester film, an orientation layer and an optically anisotropic layer formed of liquid crystal molecules in this order. Alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is fixed. An alkaline solution is coated on a surface of the cellulose ester film to saponify the surface. The saponified surface is coated with a coating solution of the orientation layer.

Abstract: An optical compensatory sheet comprises a cellulose acetate film. The film contains 100 weight parts of cellulose acetate having an acetic acid content of 59.0 to 61.5% and 0.01 to 20 weight parts of an aromatic compound having at least two aromatic rings. The cellulose acetate film has an Re retardation value measured at 550 nm (Re550) in the range of 0 to 200 nm and an Rth retardation value measured at 550 nm (Rth550) in the range of 70 to 400 nm. The cellulose acetate film further has a thickness in the range of 10 to 70 &mgr;m. The optical compensatory sheet is used in a liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A router emits an infrared ray based on a signal for operating a video recorder to the video recorder at a request made by any one of personal computers connected to the router through a network. In response to the infrared ray based on a signal for operating the video recorder, the video recorder outputs analog signals to the router through cables. The router then converts the analog signals into audio and video digital signals. Subsequently, the router outputs the digital signals to the personal computer making the request by way of the network. Then, the personal computer making the request outputs a sound based on the audio digital signal and displays a picture based on the video digital signal. As a result, the router allows an analog apparatus such as the video recorder to be connected to the network in a simple configuration.

Abstract: An emulsification and dispersion method of a hydrophobic, photographically useful compound comprising dispersing a water-insoluble phase containing the hydrophobic, photographically useful compound in water or in a hydrophilic colloid composition, wherein the water-insoluble phase at a temperature at which the prepared dispersion is stored may have a viscosity of from 100 poise or more to less than 1,000,000 poise at the shear rate of 10 sec.sup.-1. According to the present invention, a silver halide photographic material comprising a fine dispersion of a hydrophobic, photographically useful compound and having an excellent production suitability can be obtained.

Abstract: A magnetic head applies a magnetic field to a desired area when recording an information signal on the desired recording area of a magneto-optical disk. This magnetic head comprises a printed circuit board and a coil formed on at least one of the surfaces of the printed circuit board by a conductor pattern. This magnetic head can be made smaller, lighter and thinner than conventional magnetic heads.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer provided on a support. The silver halide emulsion layer contains a color coupler. According to the present invention, the color coupler is contained in particles of a specific polymer dispersed in the silver halide emulsion layer. The specific polymer comprises repeating units represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are combined with the oxygen atoms and the phosphorus atom to form a heterocyclic ring; and L is a divalent linking group selected from --CO--, --O--, --S--, --NR.sup.4 --, --SO.sub.2 --, a divalent aliphatic group, a divalent aromatic group and a combination thereof, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or an aliphatic group.

Abstract: A disk-shaped recording medium has a control record region in each recording region of successive recording tracks and which is divided into a first preformat region, a second preformat region and a focusing servo region arranged in succession in the direction along the respective track and respectively providing traverse data, tracking and clock data, and focusing servo data. An apparatus for reproducing data recorded in the tracks of such disk-shaped recording medium samples a playback output from an optical head scanning a track to detect focusing data from the focusing servo region and tracking data from the second preformat region and, in response thereto, applies focusing servo or tracking servo to the optical head. Further, traverse data is detected in the first preformat region to effect traverse counting of the recording tracks.

Abstract: A disk-like recording medium is provided with recording tracks (TK), each of which includes recording sectors (SC.sub.1, SC.sub.2, . . . , SC.sub.m). Each of the recording sectors includes a recording region (AR.sub.C) for control and a subsequent region (AR.sub.D) for writing data. The invention further deals with a disk apparatus using the disk-like recording medium. In the recording region (AR.sub.C) for control of the disk-like recording medium are provided a clock data pit (Q.sub.B), a pair of tracking data bit (Q.sub.A, Q.sub.C) positioned inside and outside a track center line (K.sub.C) being separated at a predetermined distance from the clock data pit (Q.sub.B), and a pair of traverse data pits (Q.sub.D,Q.sub.E) being separated from each other at a distance allotted depending upon the recording tracks (TK). In recording or reproducing the data using a light beam, the clocks are reliably reproduced under a stable tracking condition, and traverses can be counted.

Abstract: A hair treatment composition comprising 0.1% by weight or more of 3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide and 0.03% by weight or more of vitamine E acetate in an aqueous medium.This hair treatment composition can effectively prevent dandruff in the hair without causing adverse side effects to the skin or scalp.

Abstract: A disk-type brushless motor comprises a 2p-pole magnet rotor (p represents an integer of 2 or more) having alternating N and S poles and a single position sensor element. A stator armature having an armature coil is formed on two conductors which contribute to the generation of torques and extend with an opening angle substantially equal to the width of each magnetic pole of the magnet rotor. A projection such as a screw for generating cogging to enable the self-start of the magnet rotor is disposed at a place somewhere short substantially by a widthPw4+n.multidot.PwwhereinPw is a width per pole of the magnet rotor, andn is a positive integer of 1 or more,from the conductor which contributes to the generation of torques toward the rotational direction of the magnet rotor.

Abstract: A disc type brushless motor comprising a rotor provided with a field magnet having two or more poles, and a stator on which loop-like armature windings are flatly positioned opposite to the field magnet in quantity of two or more in the circumferential direction and in two stages or more in the radial direction. The stator is also provided with elements for detecting the poles of the field magnet. The armature windings are positioned so that they do not overlap in either the circumferential or the radial directions of the stator. One terminal of each armature winding is connected to a common line and the other thereof to a semiconductor rectifier. Each pole of the field magnet may consist of a plurality of segments in the form of a fan-like plate or a square plate.