Abstract: A caption extraction device is provided that is able to provide caption information itself embedded in video contents, and use this caption information to support the activities of physically challenged persons and so forth. A caption extraction device that extracts caption information from video signals is provided with a caption extraction unit which extracts superimposed captions from video signals actually broadcast or played back, a character recognition unit which recognizes character strings contained in the superimposed captions which have been extracted on a real-time basis, and outputs character information containing character codes corresponding to the recognized character strings, and a display unit which displays the character strings contained in the superimposed captions based on the character information.

Abstract: A toothed belt with improved durability and low noise level during operation having a foundation fabric 2 adhesive-bonded along the engaging surface 5 thereof, wherein the yarns of said foundation fabric 2 extending in the longitudinal direction of the toothed belt comprise a plurality of false-twisted yarns false-twisted in the same false twist direction; the foundation fabric 2 is formed by weaving said yarns and the yarns crossing said yarns in a double-faced twill pattern and is located where the face of said foundation fabric 2 with fewer of said exposed false-twisted yarns is exposed to the front face.

Abstract: A toothed belt (1) having a woven fabric (5) adhered to its meshing face, wherein the woven fabric (5) has longitudinal yarns (9) extending in the longitudinal direction of the toothed belt (1) and formed of covered yarns (15), each of which is prepared by turning a high tensile strength and heat resistance fiber yarn (17) on a core (16) made of an elastic yarn and by further turning a synthetic fiber yarn (18) on the high tensile strength and heat resistant fiber yarn. The high tensile strength and heat resistance fiber yarn (17) is restrained by the covering synthetic fiber yarn (18) so that it does not protrude in the form of large loops, thereby reducing the bulkiness of the woven fabric (5). As a result, the toothed belt is excellent in wear resistance and durability.

Abstract: In an apparatus for examining gaze shift in depth direction, light emitting diodes B and E, or D and C are lit at a plurality of positions with different distance in depth direction from the subject, and eye movement of the subject at that time is detected by an eye movement detecting portion. The signal of detection is processed in a signal processing circuit and is applied to a calculating portion. The calculating portion determines whether or not there is a disorder in gaze shift in depth direction of the subject by using any or all of latency in eye movement, time constant, amplitude, change in convergence angle, number of occurrence of saccade, and asymmetry of left and right eye movements, in response to the detected output of the eye movement.

Abstract: A target is presented on a board for calculation, eye movement of a subject while he is gazing at the target is detected by an eye movement detecting portion, the output of which is converted into a digital signal in a signal processing circuit and it is applied to a calculating portion. The calculating portion calculates small involuntary movement data in response to the input digital signal to find a value of a fractal dimension and time dependence of the fractal dimension to determine a disease related to brain function, and the output of determination is provided from an output portion such as a printer.

Abstract: An image at a distant point and an image at a close point for generating depth perception of a subject are displayed on an image display monitor, and eye movement of the subject at that time is detected by an eye movement detecting portion. A calculating portion removes saccade component by using velocity or acceleration of the detected eye movement and calculates amplitude of vergence eye movement, change in convergence angle and cross-correlation of velocity or acceleration of the left and right eye movement to determine depth perception of the subject.

Abstract: When eye movement of a subject is detected by an eye movement detecting portion and head movement of the subject is detected by a head movement detecting portion, a line-of-sight calculating portion calculates the line-of-sight according to the detected outputs therefrom. A portion for generating an image to be presented generates an image as a task and presents the image to a task presenting portion. When a fixation point of the line-of-sight of the subject is determined by a fixation point determining portion, a mask image generated by a masking image generating portion is inserted to the task image by an image synthesizing portion, and it is presented at the task presenting portion. A portion for determining degree of advance of dementia determines degree of advance and possibility of Alzheimer's disease based on the particular movement of the line-of-sight of the subject at that time and on the percentage of correct answer to a prescribed task.

Abstract: In a medical diagnostic apparatus utilizing line-of-sight detection, targets are successively presented from different angles to the subject by a target presenting apparatus, eye movement of the subject while the subject is gazing at the target is detected by an eye movement detecting portion, the head movement of the subject is detected by a head movement detecting portion, and in response to the detection outputs, the spatial movement of the line-of-sight, rotation velocity component and translational velocity component of the head movement as well as the velocity component of the eye movement are calculated by a calculating portion, and the results are output to an output portion.

Abstract: In the medical diagnostic apparatus employing line-of-sight detection, eye movement and head movement of a subject are detected by eye movement detecting portion and head movement detecting portion, respectively, and images of the field of view of the subject are picked up by a TV camera. A calculating portion calculates a locus of the line-of-sight, a locus of the eye movement, the locus of the head movement, and vectors of spatial movement of the line-of-sight in response to the detected eye movement and the head movement. An image processing portion reduces the picked up image, a superimposer superimposes the images of the loci, the vector images and the images of the reduced field of view on each other, and the resulting images are displayed on a CRT display.

Abstract: Flicks in one or both of eyes are measured by a sensor (1) employing a limbus reflection method. An output of the sensor is applied to and digitized by an A/D converter (2). The digitized output is applied to a computer (3). The computer calculates flicks data of eyeballs, then calculates fractal dimension simultaneously or individually in a time-elapsed manner or for a definite time period, and quantifies characteristics of the eyeball control systems from the value of the fractal dimension or the time dependence of the fractal dimension.

Abstract: A toothed belt having a woven fabric adhesive-bonded to the surface thereof which is adapted to be brought into contact with pulley, wherein, out of the yarns forming the woven fabric, the yarns to be located in the longitudinal direction of the belt comprise crimped yarns obtained by subjecting to crimping nylon multi-filament yarns having a relative viscosity of about 2.5 to sulphuric acid, a filament fineness of 2.5 d or under, and a filament strength of 7.5 g/d or over. This toothed belt is excellent in wear resistance on the surface thereof which is adapted to be brought into contact with pulleys and does not suffer from cracking.

Abstract: A stereoscopic television picture transmission system includes a device (14) for obtaining a picture signal with respect to one of right and left pictures in a stereoscopic television, circuitry (22) for obtaining a difference signal between a right picture signal for the right picture and a left picture signal for the left picture, circuitry (27, 28, 29, 30) for effecting sub-Nyquist sampling of the difference signal at a frame period relating to a critical frequency for stereoscopic visual perception in a direction of depth to obtain a sampled difference signal, circuitry (36, 42) for combining one picture signal with the sampled difference signal to form a combined signal and for transmitting the combined signal, circuitry (50) for separating one picture signal and the difference signal from the transmitted combined signal, circuitry (56, 58, 60) for judging a motion between frames of the separated one picture signal, circuitry (62, 64) responsive to the motion judgement result for effecting interframe int

Abstract: Each of left and right images of a stereoscopic television picture is divided into a plurality of blocks and a position of one of the images is shifted in such a way that a difference between one picture signal (S.sub.L) in one block of one of the left and right images and the other picture signal (S.sub.R) in a block corresponding in position to the one block is minimized, to obtain a positional shift (p,q) between one picture and the other picture. A difference signal (S3) between one picture signal (S2) shifted by the positional shift (p,q) and the other picture signal (S.sub.R) is obtained in each block. The difference signal (S3) is compressed into a data compressed difference signal (S4). The compressed difference signal (S4), one video signal (S.sub.L) and the signal (S1) representative of the positional shift (p,q) are transmitted so that an amount of signals to be transmitted can be remarkably reduced.