Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel pump capable of preventing the occurrence of cavitation near a seat member in a valve mechanism. The fuel pump includes a plunger adapted to reciprocate, a pressurizing chamber adapted to increase and decrease its volumetric capacity through the reciprocation of the plunger, and a relief valve mechanism adapted to return a fuel to the pressurizing chamber. The relief valve mechanism includes a relief valve, and a seat member having a valve contact portion for seating the relief valve thereon. The relief valve is disposed closer to the plunger than the seat member. The seat member has an annular groove portion which forms a space communicating with the pressurizing chamber, between the annular groove portion and a second chamber (a fixing portion) surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the seat member. The space is provided at a position farther from the plunger than the valve contact portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, obtain a second voice uttered by a second user during operation, perform second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice, and perform, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire first data indicative of a temporal change of an intensity of sound emitted by an apparatus; generate second data by extracting, from the first data, a maximum value in each section of a time width corresponding to temporal resolution at which human voice is unrecognizable and discarding values other than the maximum value; and transmit the second data to an external apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire operation sound data being data obtained by recording an operation sound of a target apparatus used in an organization; detect an abnormal sound from the operation sound data; and transmit partial operation sound data to an out-of-organization processing apparatus, and not transmit a portion of the operation sound data other than the partial operation sound data to the out-of-organization processing apparatus, the partial operation sound data being data that contains the abnormal sound and is a portion of the operation sound data, and the out-of-organization processing apparatus being an apparatus that is managed outside the organization and executes a process related to the abnormal sound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for improvement in physical activity efficiency, a composition for reducing fatigue, and a composition for improving dynamic/kinetic visual acuity, comprising a plant-derived extract and/or a plant-derived processed product.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, obtain a second voice uttered by a second user during operation, perform second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice, and perform, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for improvement in physical activity efficiency, a method for reducing fatigue, and a method for improving dynamic/kinetic visual acuity, comprising administering a composition comprising a kaempferol analog to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present application provides a composition for improvement in physical activity efficiency, a composition for reducing fatigue, and a composition for improving dynamic/kinetic visual acuity, comprising a kaempferol analog.

Abstract: To specify defect management information to be used in a short time in an information recording medium having a defect information area capable of recording plural sets of defect management information and a selection information area capable of recording plural sets of selection information for selecting a set of defect management information from the defect information area. The selection information includes information about a position where the latest management information at the time of writing is written, and history information indicating that the selection information is updated.

Abstract: In order to select the latest defect management information, the latest selection information first is selected by searching a plurality of selection information areas for a currently active selection information area in which the latest selection information is recorded and subsequently the latest defect management information is obtained by searching a plurality of defect management areas for a currently active defect management area in which the latest defect management information is recorded. If there is no unused defect management area in which defect management information can be alternatively recorded in lieu of the currently active defect management area, recording operation is limited.

Abstract: A information recording medium includes a data area and a system area. In the data area, a user data is recorded. In the system area, management information for managing a recording status of the data area is recorded. The management information recorded in the system area includes recording mode information which indicates a recording procedure of the user data in the data area. By this construction, an information recording medium, a recording method of an information recording medium and an information recording and reproducing medium which are able to appropriately treat an information recording medium having an availability to a plurality of recording mode when being loaded.

Abstract: In order to select the latest defect management information, the latest selection information first is selected by searching a plurality of selection information areas for a currently active selection information area in which the latest selection information is recorded and subsequently the latest defect management information is obtained by searching a plurality of defect management areas for a currently active defect management area in which the latest defect management information is recorded, If there is no unused defect management area in which defect management information can be alternatively recorded in lieu of the currently active defect management area, recording operation is limited.

Abstract: To specify defect management information to be used in a short time in an information recording medium having a defect information area capable of recording plural sets of defect management information and a selection information area capable of recording plural sets of selection information for selecting a set of defect management information from the defect information area. The selection information includes information about a position where the latest management information at the time of writing is written, and history information indicating that the selection information is updated.

Abstract: To improve a sharpness and quality of images. An image processing apparatus includes: a drawing process unit for analyzing drawing information in print data; a color spatial conversion unit for transforming color information; a smoothing correction unit for outline-correcting the print data; a gradation processing unit for processing a gradation of the print data; and an output unit for performing a predetermined process based on text image data output from the smoothing correction unit and image data output from the gradation processing unit to output print image information to the outside, and the color spatial conversion unit separately sets intensity values, and the output unit outputs the text image data provided from the smoothing correction unit by priority over a text image data provided from the gray scale processing unit, according to an analysis of drawing information.

Abstract: A resolution heightening circuit comprises a modulation information generating circuit that receives printing data supplied from a host printer control circuit to generate a pulse width modulation information signal on the basis of the printing data. The modulation information generating circuit uses a reference template of four lines by three dots to increase the number of dots for a line at a printing unit. A modulation circuit is connected to the modulation information generating circuit and the printing unit and produces modulated driving pulses in response to the pulse width modulation information signal to supply the modulated driving pulses to the printing unit.

Abstract: A signal of a test pattern is recorded on a center track among three adjacent tracks placed in a test region while changing recording power, and a signal of a test pattern is recorded on tracks adjacent to both sides while changing the recording power with the same timing. The center track is reproduced to measure reproduction signal characteristics, and the optimum recording power is adjusted based on the reproduction signal characteristics. As a result of this, the optimum recording power considering an influence of cross erasing effect can be adjusted, and the recording power can be adjusted efficiently under a high-density recording condition, particularly a narrow track pitch condition.

Abstract: A signal of a predetermined pattern is recorded on a center track among three adjacent tracks placed in a test region while changing recording power, and a signal of a predetermined pattern is recorded on tracks adjacent to both sides while changing the recording power with the same timing. The center track is reproduced to measure reproduction signal characteristics, and the optimum recording power is adjusted based on the reproduction signal characteristics. As a result of this, the optimum recording power considering an influence of cross erasing effect can be adjusted, and the recording power can be adjusted efficiently under a high-density recording condition, particularly a narrow track pitch condition.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining the kind of optical disk, which includes: a meandering frequency detecting unit for detecting a meandering frequency of an information track of the optical disk; and a determination unit for determining a kind of the optical disk based on the meandering frequency detected by the meandering frequency detecting unit.