Abstract: [Object] To achieve the high performance of an electronic apparatus and ensure the safety of a user at the same time. [Solving Means] An electronic apparatus includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a specified portion of the electronic apparatus; and a mode controller that turns on an endurance mode that is a mode that permits a surface temperature of the electronic apparatus to be increased to a second upper limit when the electronic apparatus is used out of contact with a human body, the surface temperature being calculated on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, the second upper limit being higher than a first upper limit that is an upper limit of a temperature in a normal mode.

Abstract: A coupon information issuing system capable of issuing even a plurality of coupon information to a user who satisfied the conditions for issue. When conditions for issuing coupon information to which request for issue is designated by user are preset, a service providing server issues the coupon information in accordance with the conditions for the issue. The issued coupon information is transmitted to a digital television to be displayed thereon. The displayed coupon information is downloaded to a portable telephone of the user for utilization.

Abstract: A payment management method and system for performing suitable payment management, wherein a user of a credit IC card can store a transaction history in the IC card, collate the transaction history with charged amount data possessed by a credit company, quickly confirm a payment due date, judge an illegal demand for purchase by a non-authorized user, and know charged amounts claimed for the next time. The system includes the IC car which stores the transaction history data therein, a terminal device for accessing the data within the IC card, and a serve of the credit company connected to the terminal device via network for storing credit user data demanded by a credit member store therein. The terminal device stores transaction history data at the time of a purchase into the IC card, extracts the credit user data from the server of the credit company, and collates the transaction history data read out from the IC card with the credit user data extracted from the server.

Abstract: A coupon information issuing system capable of issuing even a plurality of coupon information to a user who satisfied the conditions for issue. When conditions for issuing coupon information to which request for issue is designated by user are preset, a service providing server issues the coupon information in accordance with the conditions for the issue. The issued coupon information is transmitted to a digital television to be displayed thereon. The displayed coupon information is downloaded to a portable telephone of the user for utilization.

Abstract: A payment management method and system for performing suitable payment management, wherein a user of a credit IC card can store a transaction history in the IC card, collate the transaction history with charged amount data possessed by a credit company, quickly confirm a payment due date, judge an illegal demand for purchase by a non-authorized user, and know charged amounts claimed for the next time. The system includes the IC card which stores the transaction history data therein, a terminal device for accessing the data within the IC card, and a server of the credit company connected to the terminal device via a network for storing credit user data demanded by a credit member store therein. The terminal device stores transaction history data at the time of a purchase into the IC card, extracts the credit user data from the server of the credit company, and collates the transaction history data read out from the IC card with the credit user data extracted from the server.

Abstract: A payment management method and system for performing suitable payment management, wherein a user of a credit IC card can store a transaction history in the IC card, can collate the transaction history with charged amount data possessed by a credit company, can quickly confirm a payment due date, can judge an illegal demand for purchase done by the non-authorized user, and can know charged amounts claimed for the next time. The system includes the IC card having a storage means for storing the transaction history data therein, a terminal device for accessing the data within the IC card, and a server of the credit company connected to the terminal device via a network for storing storage means for storing credit user data demanded by a credit member store therein.

Abstract: A structured document generating method and apparatus capable of easily generating a structured document matching the document structure of each non-structured document, by using a rule directly generated from a preset document structure definition for the conversion of the non-structured document into the structured document. A keyword extracting module extracts a keyword representative of the document structure from a non-structured document by using a keyword extracting rule, and a keyword/text model is generated which is described by two elements including keywords and other strings. A parsing module generated by a process of automatically parsing the document structure by referring to a parsing rule generated by modifying and converting DTD, performs a parsing process relative to the keyword/text model to generate an interim SGML document.

Abstract: In scaling an image, a projected position is corrected in accordance with pixel values of original pixels surrounding a projected position where a pixel of a scaled image is projected onto an original image, and a pixel value of a pixel of a scaled image is determined in accordance with pixel values of original pixels surrounding a projected position after correction. Further, when a pixel of an original image is processed with a pixel run as a unit, coordinates of an end pixel of a pixel run in a scaled image are corrected based on the width of the pixel run and a scale factor.

Abstract: A route information input apparatus for specifying a route from an entraining station to an arrival station including a pointing device operated by the user to designate a position on a display screen and a data processing apparatus for executing a data processing in accordance with a program prepared in advance each time the user operates the pointing device to thereby change a displayed content on the display screen. On the basis of positional informations of major stations stored in a first file, a line diagram presented in the simplified form in which truly existing stations are partly omitted and in which the major stations are connected by means of line segments is displayed on a first area of the display screen. A group of station name data omitted from the line diagram displayed on the first area are selectively displayed on a second area of the display screen in the form of a table.

Abstract: An image data processing system which includes an image memory and an image processor for performing coordinate transformation of source image data expressed by two dimensional coordinates.

Abstract: An image processing system for extracting a plurality of local images each composed of m.times.n pixels, successively from a two-dimensional original image, to process the extracted local images and to convert the original imae into a second image composed of modified pixel data corresponding to the local images is disclosed which system includes a plurality of local image extracting circuits for temporarily storing time-sequentially applied pixel data in each local image extracting circuit while shifting the storage position thereof, to deliver m.times.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that processes image data consecutively in the column and row directions has an image memory, a reading unit, a temporary memory and an operative unit. The image memory stores image data consecutively in column and row directions on a pixel unit basis. The reading unit reads from the image memory a series of pixels within one column at one row and at least one pixel adjacent to the one row in the column direction. The temporary memory sequentially stores a number of groups of pixels read from the reading unit as is necessary for image processing. The operation unit reads the values of an objective pixel and pixels necessary for a neighborhood operation of the objective pixel from the temporary memory, and subjects the values to a neighborhood operation to determine the output value of the objective pixel.

Abstract: An aromatic compound selected from benzene and biphenyl compounds containing at least one isopropyl group is oxidized to convert at least one of the at least one isopropyl group into a 2-hydroxy-2-propyl group. The oxidation of the aromatic compound is effected with molecular oxygen in the presence of an aqueous alkali solution in an oxidative reaction vessel made of nickel at parts thereof where the vessel comes into contact with a reaction mixture. In particular, the above process suppresses the formation of by-products and permits long-term oxidation on an industrial scale.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises area specifier, area determiner and signal selector. The area specifier specifies at least one area of a bit map memory. The area determiner determines whether the scan position on the bit map memory is in the specified area or not, and, according to the determination, controls the signal selector so as to send the output of the bit map memory directly or through a look-up table to a display unit. In a modification, the signal selector selects the signal to be sent to the display unit from among the outputs of different look-up tables.

Abstract: In order to utilize memo data written by hand for purposes of retrieving a document, the original document image data is stored and, thereafter, a document image data with memo is separately input, the document image data with memo being comprised of the original document image onto which is additionally written memo data by hand. The position of the document image data with memo is then brought into alignment with the original document image data and is correlated to extract only that memo data which has been written by hand. Then the kind of memo is discriminated, the process is effected depending upon the kind of memo, and the memo data is stored in a secondary data file for retrieval. To retrieve the document, the memo data of a plurality of documents is read out from the secondary data file depending upon the kind of memo that is designated, and is displayed as a look-up table.

Abstract: A system for converting an analog video signal obtained by scanning an original image to be processed into a two-valued video signal such as an input portion of a facsimile machine includes a peak/valley extracting circuit for extracting peaks and valleys in the analog video signal before thresholding the analog video signal so as to determine an optimal threshold level to be used in thresholding. The peak/valley extracting circuit includes peak and valley thresholds in addition to the threshold to be used in thresholding the analog video signal to produce a two-valued video signal. The peak/valley extracting circuit is so structured to supply a peak/valley extraction signal if an extracted peak or valley also satisfies the condition that it is equal to or higher or lower in level than the peak or valley threshold.

Abstract: A system for converting an analog image signal into a digital image signal is provided. The system comprises an analog-to-digital signal converter for producing a digital signal by subjecting an incoming analog signal to threshold processing with a threshold level. The system also comprises a peak/valley extracting circuit for extracting peak and valley points corresponding to thin lines and narrow gaps between lines, respectively, in the original image scanned. The extracted peak and valley points are utilized in the analog-to-digital conversion processing so as not to lose information as to thin lines and narrow gaps between lines. Especially, in extracting peak and valley points, the concentration or level of a particular picture element is compared with that of the adjacent picture elements at least in two directions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst suitable for dehydrocoupling of toluene or xylene, represented by the general formula (I):M.sub.a Tl.sub.b O.sub.c (I),wherein M represents yttrium, zinc or zirconium; a denotes a number in a range of 0.25 to 5, b denotes 1, and c denotes a number necessary for fulfilling the respective average atomic valencies of M and Tl in the oxidation states in which they exist in the composition represented by the formula (I), and a process for dehydrocoupling of toluene or xylene in the presence of the catalyst represented by the general formula (I).