Abstract: An information record/playback machine includes a playback unit for reading a selected piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information recorded on a recording medium to play back the selected piece of information. The machine also includes a flag setting unit for preparing a flag indicating that the selected piece of information currently played should be deleted, in response to a command issued while the playback unit is playing the selected piece of information. The flag is attached to the selected piece of information. The machine further includes a display unit for displaying a list of all the pieces of information recorded on the recording medium except for the selected piece of information to which the flag is attached.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for recording and reproducing information and an information reproducing method in which the reproducing operation can be restarted from a position where reproduction was interrupted. The restart is possible for all of information contents recorded on a recording medium and without the need of troublesome operations. For this purpose, reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of each of the information contents recorded on the recording medium is stored in a management memory.

Abstract: A broadcast program recording apparatus and a recording method of a broadcast program, in which a broadcast program which a user watches periodically can be automatically recorded without performing a timer recording setting. Data of channel number, broadcast date, and broadcast time zone of the received broadcast program are additionally stored into a received program history memory in correspondence to each other. A channel number of a broadcast program having a broadcast date that is precedent to today's date by a predetermined number of days and a broadcast time zone that coincides with the present time is searched for from the received program history memory. A station selection control operation to control the receiving part is performed to receive a broadcast wave of the searched out channel number, to start the recording of the broadcast program received by the recording part.

Abstract: An information recording and reproducing apparatus with a ring buffer, in which user can know a state of the ring buffer in a real-time manner and a monitoring method of the ring buffer. A ring buffer monitor image signal is generated which indicates an image showing a relative positional relation of a current recording position and a current reproducing position in the ring buffer.

Abstract: A coordinate position detecting method uses a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of light receiving elements located on mutually opposite sides, all the elements being arranged at a predetermined interval in horizontal and vertical directions, with each pair of mutually opposed light emitting element and light receiving element forming a light beam path, such that the coordinate position of a light blocking object can be detected once the light beam path is blocked. The method comprises: storing N previous coordinate datas obtained when detecting a movement of the light blocking ojecte, using n (1≦n≦N) coordinate datas of the N previous coordinate datas to calculate a coordinate position of the light blocking object; and changing the number of the coordinate datas for use in calculating the coordinate position, in accordance with a speed of the movment of the light blocking object.

Abstract: For each of multiple segments acquired by dividing a binary image by a predetermined under of lines, image data of a reference line corresponding to a start line of that segment is stored in an intermediate start table in association with data indicating a head coding position of the start line in code data acquired when the binary image is compressed. Based on the stored data, partial image extraction is executed.

Abstract: A process for producing a vanadium-phosphorus oxide-containing catalyst precursor, which comprises (a) introducing into an organic solvent a vanadium alkoxide as a pentavalent vanadium compound and a phosphorus compound in the presence of a reducing agent capable of reducing the pentavalent vanadium compound to a tetravalent state, (b) hydrolyzing at least a part of the vanadium alkoxide before or after the introduction of the phosphorus compound, and (c) heating the vanadium-containing liquid medium obtained in step (b), in the presence of the phosphorus compound to reduce at least a part of vanadium to a tetravalent state.

Abstract: A process for producing a precursor of a phosphorus-vanadium oxide catalyst for production of maleic anhydride by vapor phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon having 4 carbon atoms, which comprises reacting phosphoric acid and a pentavalent vanadium compound in an organic solvent capable of reducing at least a portion of the pentavalent vanadium to a valence state of +4, the phosphoric acid being substantially composed of orthophosphoric acid, and a phosphoric acid solution whose concentration is 88 to 96% being used as a source of the phosphoric acid; and a process for producing the catalyst comprising dry-pulverizing the catalyst precursor.

Abstract: A process for producing a vanadium-phosphorus oxide-containing catalyst precursor, which comprises (a) introducing into an organic solvent a vanadium alkoxide as a pentavalent vanadium compound and a phosphorus compound in the presence of a reducing agent capable of reducing the pentavalent vanadium compound to a tetravalent state, (b) hydrolyzing at least a part of the vanadium alkoxide before or after the introduction of the phosphorus compound, and (c) heating the vanadium-containing liquid medium obtained in step (b), in the presence of the phosphorus compound to reduce at least a part of vanadium to a tetravalent state.

Abstract: In processing of a minimizer average error method (or an error diffusion method), a threshold value for determining whether a point (pixel) as an object to be processed is a black or white dot is changed in accordance with the pixel position using a threshold value matrix having a two-dimensional repetitive pattern. When a one-dot size in an output apparatus which can only perform binary expression in units of pixels is larger than a logical size, a continuous tone image is converted into a pseudo half tone image in consideration of an increase in size of a dot into other dots (projecting portions).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hinge mechanism for rotating an integral type hand writing input/display device and a keyboard from a position, in which the display surface of the integral type hand writing input/display device and the surface of the keyboard face each other, to a position of a desired opening angle. The input/display device is provided on a top portion of a processing apparatus body, is constituted by integrally superposing a tablet device for coordinate input on a display surface of a display device, and inputs coordinate data representing a location indicated voluntarily on the tablet device. The hinge mechanism can retain the desired opening angle.

Abstract: A process for producing a crystalline oxide of vanadium-phosphorus system, which comprises hydrothermally treating an aqueous medium containing (1) a tetravalent vanadium compound, (2) a pentavalent phosphorus compound, (3) a coordinate compound having at least two ligand atoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen atoms and nitrogen atoms and (4) a compound of at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt and chromium, to form a crystalline oxide of vanadium-phosphorus system having an X-ray diffraction pattern shown in Table A:TABLE A ______________________________________ X-ray diffraction peaks (Anticathode: Cu--K.alpha.) 2.theta. (.+-.0.2.degree.) ______________________________________ 15.6.degree. 19.7.degree. 24.3.degree. 27.2.degree. 28.8.degree. 30.5.degree. 33.8.degree.

Abstract: When a variable length code requires two cycles in decoding, portions of code bit strings serving as objects to be decoded in first and second cycles of the variable length code are caused to overlap each other. In the first cycle, a non-overlapping portion is determined as a decoded portion. A length of a code bit string actually decoded in the first cycle is determined as a length of the code bit string serving as the object to be decoded in the first cycle excluding the length of the overlapping portion so as to determine a start position of the code bit string serving as the object to be decoded in the second cycle.

Abstract: A process for producing a crystalline oxide of vanadium-phosphorus system, which comprises hydrothermally treating an aqueous medium containing (1) a tetravalent vanadium compound, (2) a pentavalent phosphorus compound, (3) a coordinate compound having at least two ligand atoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen atoms and nitrogen atoms and (4) a compound of at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt and chromium, to form a crystalline oxide of vanadium-phosphorus system having an X-ray diffraction pattern shown in Table A:TABLE A ______________________________________ X-ray diffraction peaks (Anticathode: Cu-K.alpha.) 2.theta. (.+-. 0.2.degree.) ______________________________________ 15.6.degree. 19.7.degree. 24.3.degree. 27.2.degree. 28.8.degree. 30.5.degree. 33.8.degree.

Abstract: According to a binary data expansion processing apparatus of this invention, unicolor image data is generated in a generation section in accordance with data associated with a run length and a color instruction for designating the color of image data to be generated. Unicolor image data exceeding the generated set is combined following the already-generated image data portion in accordance with a point a0, thus generating image data for a byte block of interest. At the same time, a color change point on a reference line corresponding to the byte block of interest is detected by a b1 detector. It is checked from the detected color change point if the combined image data exceeds a byte length. If the combined image data exceeds the byte length, the combined image data for one byte of the combined image data is output to an external device.

Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composition produced by comprising mixing at least one crystalline composite oxide, as the first component, selected from the group consisting of (i) a crystalline composite oxide containing vanadium and phosphorus and showing the characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks as identified in the following Table A and (ii) a crystalline composite oxide containing vanadium and phosphorus and showing the characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks as identified in the following Table B, an aqueous solution, as the second component, containing vanadium and phosphorus, and silica sol, as the third component, to form an aqueous slurry, spray-drying the slurry, and calcining the solid particles thereby obtained:TABLE A ______________________________________ X-ray diffraction peaks (Anticathode: Cu--K.sub..alpha.) 2.theta. (.+-.0.2.degree.) ______________________________________ 15.7.degree. 19.6.degree. 24.2.degree. 27.1.degree. 28.8.degree. 30.4.degree.

Abstract: A process for preparing an oxidation catalyst composition comprises mixing at least one crystalline composite oxide, as the first component, selected from the group consisting of (i) a crystalline composite oxide containing vanadium and phosphorus and showing the characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks as identified in the following Table A and (ii) a crystalline composite oxide containing vanadium and phosphorus and showing the characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks as identified in the following Table B, an aqueous solution, as the second component, containing vanadium and phosphorus, and silica sol, as the third component, to form an aqueous slurry, spray-drying the slurry, and calcining the solid particles thereby obtained:TABLE A ______________________________________ X-ray diffraction peaks (Anticathode: Cu--K.sub..alpha.) 2.theta. (.+-.0.2.degree.) ______________________________________ 15.7.degree. 19.6.degree. 24.2.degree. 27.1.degree. 28.8.degree. 30.4.degree.

Abstract: There is disclosed a catalytic composition represented by the formula:(Mo).sub.a (W).sub.b (Bi).sub.c (Pb).sub.d (Sb).sub.e (A).sub.f (B).sub.g (C).sub.h (P).sub.m (O).sub.nin which A is iron and/or chromium, B is cerium and/or magnesium and C is potassium and/or lithium; and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, m and n stand for the numbers of atoms for molybdenum, tungsten, bismuth, lead, antimony, A, B, C, phosphorus and oxygen elements respectively, wherein, given that a+b=12,0.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.7, 0.4.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.7, 2.ltoreq.d.ltoreq.12,0.1/22.ltoreq.e/a.ltoreq.25/22, 0.05/22.ltoreq.f/a.ltoreq.3/22,0.ltoreq.g/a.ltoreq.2/22, 0.ltoreq.h/a.ltoreq.3/22,0.ltoreq.m/a.ltoreq.7/22, andn is the numbers of oxygen necessary to satisfy the valences of atoms for the individual constituent elements other than oxygen.