Abstract: An energy corrector (105) for correcting a target energy for high-frequency components and a corrective coefficient calculator (106) for calculating an energy corrective coefficient from low-frequency subband signals are newly provided. These processors perform a process for correcting a target energy that is required when a band expanding process is performed on a real number only. Thus, a real subband combining filter and a real band expander which require a smaller amount of calculations can be used instead of a complex subband combining filter and a complex band expander, while maintaining a high sound-quality level, and the required amount of calculations and the apparatus scale can be reduced.

Abstract: An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, and an encoded data stream generating unit (205) that encodes to output the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and the extension data obtained by the BWE encoding unit (204). The BWE encoding unit (204) generates as the extension data (i) a first parameter which specifies a lower subband which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the lower subbands which form the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and (ii) a second parameter which specifies a gain of the lower subband after being copied.

Abstract: A multitasking workpiece machining apparatus includes a pair of workpiece support devices supporting an elongated workpiece, first and second headstocks at positions outside of the workpiece support devices. The second headstock is capable of moving closer to and apart from the first headstock. Each workpiece support device respectively includes a travel drive device traveling between the first and second headstocks. A numerical control unit controls travel of each workpiece support device by synchronously controlling each travel drive device.

Abstract: An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, and an encoded data stream generating unit (205) that encodes to output the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and the extension data obtained by the BWE encoding unit (204). The BWE encoding unit (204) generates as the extension data (i) a first parameter which specifies a lower subband which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the lower subbands which form the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and (ii) a second parameter which specifies a gain of the lower subband after being copied.

Abstract: An acoustic signal encoding device for down-mixing at different ratios to encode a multichannel signal with a small number of channels, and an acoustic signal decoding device for decoding the signal encoded by the acoustic signal encoding device. In these devices, weighting means (103) in the acoustic signal encoding device (100) weights input signals of two channels individually according to a down-mixing coefficient thereby to calculate the level difference of the signals of two channels weighted by a level difference calculation unit (104). A separating unit (202) in the acoustic signal decoding device (200) separates the down-mixed signals into signals of two channels with the level difference information weighted.

Abstract: An IC device includes a base plate, a plurality of terminal pins, a functional component such as an IC chip, and a resin package for protection of the functional component. The base plate is generally flat and formed with a plurality of through-holes into which the terminal pins are inserted. The functional component, disposed away from the base plate, is mounted on a printed circuit board to be electrically connected to at least one of the terminal pins. While enclosing the functional component, the resin package is held in contact with the upper surface of the base plate.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor shaft arranged in a casing and having an axial hollow bore formed therethrough for passage of lubricating oil, a rotor, a stator, a pair of bearings each having an inner race and an outer race, a pair of bearing fixing parts supporting the rotation of the rotor shaft, and bearing cooling devices each having a cylindrical heat dissipation portion fixedly secured to the rotor shaft so as to be in contact with either one of end faces of the individual inner races, the heat dissipation portion extending from the one end face of each inner race to a side opposite to the bearings. A pair of spaces between rotor-side end faces of the bearings and the bearing fixing parts, respectively, are in communication with ring gaps between the heat dissipation portions and the rotor shaft, respectively, through radial communication holes in the rotor shaft.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tool holder interchangeably attached to a machine tool such as a combined machining lathe. A combined machining lathe 1 comprises main spindles 20 and 30 for gripping a workpiece, and a machining main spindle head 50 which rotates around a B axis. There are provided stockers S1 and S2 inside the lathe, and tool holders 200 and 300 are respectively stored in the stockers S1 and S2. The tool holder 200 comprises a taper shank portion 230 of a main shaft in a housing 210 and four pull studs PS2 around the taper shank portion 230 of a main shaft, and is gripped by collet chucks of the machining main spindle head 50. Rotation of the taper shank portion 230 of a main shaft is transmitted to a shaft 250 via a gear mechanism, to drive a drill tool 252 to drill a deep hole.

Abstract: A hybrid integrated circuit device includes: an insulating substrate (1) having a lower surface formed with wiring patterns including ends arranged along ends of the lower surface at a predetermined pitch (P); electronic components (3) mounted on the surfaces of the insulating substrate to be connected to the wiring patterns; a pair of insulating legs (2) arranged at the ends of the lower surface of the substrate (1), each insulating leg extending in parallel to the lower surface of the substrate (1); and a plurality of terminal electrodes (5) formed on each leg at the pitch and extending perpendicularly to the substrate, where the plurality of terminal electrodes are connected to the wiring patterns on the lower surface of the substrate (1). Each leg has a surface bonded to the substrate and formed with electrode films connected to the terminal electrodes.

Abstract: A frame type for a current SBR frame is determined according to a type of end border of a previous frame, as well as presence of a transient in the current SBR frame. A start border is determined according to the end border of the previous SBR frame. For a FIXFIX frame, a low time-resolution setting is used. For a FIXVAR or a VARVAR frame, a search for intermediate borders is conducted in the region between the transient and maximum allowed end border location. The end border is also determined at this stage. If there is excess capacity for more borders, another search is conducted in the region between the transient and the start border. For a VARFIX frame, only one search needs to be conducted, in the whole region partitioned by a variable start border and a fixed end border. All of the above are accomplished with two Forward Search operations and one Backward Search operation.

Abstract: A multitasking workpiece machining apparatus includes a pair of workpiece support devices supporting an elongated workpiece, first and second headstocks at positions outside of the workpiece support devices. The second headstock is capable of moving closer to and apart from the first headstock. Each workpiece support device respectively includes a travel drive device traveling between the first and second headstocks. A numerical control unit controls travel of each workpiece support device by synchronously controlling each travel drive device.

Abstract: An audio data input unit of an encoding device splits an audio data string into contiguous samples of audio data, and a transforming unit transforms the split audio data into spectral data in a frequency domain. A data dividing unit divides the spectral data into a lower frequency band and a higher frequency band at 11.025 kHz (f1) as a boundary. The spectral data in the lower frequency band is quantized and encoded by a first quantizing unit and an encoding unit. A second quantizing unit generates sub information indicating a characteristic of the spectral data in the higher frequency band, and a second encoding unit encodes the sub information. A stream output unit integrates the codes obtained by the first and second encoding units and outputs the integrated one. Here, f1 is a half or less of a sampling frequency f2 at which the audio data string is created.

Abstract: In the conventional art inventions for coding multi-channel audio signals, three of the major processes involved are: generation of a reverberation signal using an all-pass filter; segmentation of a signal in the time and frequency domains for the purpose of level adjustment; and mixing of a coded binaural signal with an original signal coded up to a fixed crossover frequency. These processes pose the problems mentioned in the present invention. The present invention proposes the following three embodiments: to control the extent of reverberations by dynamically adjusting all-pass filter coefficients with the inter-channel coherence cues; to segment a signal in the time domain finely in the lower frequency region and coarsely in the higher frequency region; and to control a crossover frequency used for mixing based on a bit rate, and if the original signal is coarsely quantized, to mix a downmix signal with an original signal in proportions determined by an inter-channel coherence cue.

Abstract: Provided are an audio encoding device and an audio decoding device, by which optimal trade-off between code rates and sound quality can be flexibly adjusted. A variable frequency segmentation encoding unit (110) has: difference degree calculation units (101, 102, and 103) for calculating a difference degree between the first and second input signals, depending on a segmentation method A, B, or C for segmenting a frequency band into sub-bands; a selection unit (104) for selecting one of the segmentation methods; and a difference degree and segmentation information encoding unit (105) for encoding the selected method and the difference degree for each sub-band by the method.

Abstract: An encoding device includes a transforming unit operable to extract a part of an inputted audio signal at predetermined time intervals and to transform each extracted part to produce a plurality of windows composed of short blocks, and a judging unit operable to compare the windows with one another to judge whether there is a similarity of a predetermined degree and to replace a high frequency part of a first window, which is one of the produced windows, with values “0” when there is the similarity, wherein the first window and a second window share a high frequency part of the second window, which is also one of the produced windows. The encoding device also includes a first quantizing unit operable to quantize the produced windows after replacing operation; a first encoding unit operable to encode the quantized windows to produce encoded data; and a stream output unit operable to output the produced encoded data.

Abstract: An encoding device (200) includes an MDCT unit (202) that transforms an input signal in a time domain into a frequency spectrum including a lower frequency spectrum, a BWE encoding unit (204) that generates extension data which specifies a higher frequency spectrum at a higher frequency than the lower frequency spectrum, and an encoded data stream generating unit (205) that encodes to output the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and the extension data obtained by the BWE encoding unit (204). The BWE encoding unit (204) generates as the extension data (i) a first parameter which specifies a lower subband which is to be copied as the higher frequency spectrum from among a plurality of the lower subbands which form the lower frequency spectrum obtained by the MDCT unit (202) and (ii) a second parameter which specifies a gain of the lower subband after being copied.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a rotor shaft arranged in a casing and having an axial hollow bore formed therethrough for passage of lubricating oil, a rotor, a stator, a pair of bearings each having an inner race and an outer race, a pair of bearing fixing parts supporting the rotation of the rotor shaft, and bearing cooling devices each having a cylindrical heat dissipation portion fixedly secured to the rotor shaft so as to be in contact with either one of end faces of the individual inner races, the heat dissipation portion extending from the one end face of each inner race to a side opposite to the bearings. A pair of spaces between rotor-side end faces of the bearings and the bearing fixing parts, respectively, are in communication with ring gaps between the heat dissipation portions and the rotor shaft, respectively, through radial communication holes in the rotor shaft.

Abstract: An audio encoder, which is capable of encoding multiple-channel signals so that only a downmixed signal is decoded and of further generating specific auxiliary information necessary for dividing the downmixed signal, is provided. An audio encoder (10), which compresses and encodes audio signals of N-channels (N>1), includes a downmixed signal encoding unit (11) which encodes the downmixed signal obtained by downmixing the audio signals, and an auxiliary information generation unit (12a) which generates auxiliary information necessary for decoding the downmixed signal encoded by the downmixed signal encoding unit (11) into N-channel audio signals.

Abstract: An audio decoder which reproduces original signals from a bit stream including a downmix signal of the original signals and supplementary information indicating the gain ratio D and the phase difference ? between the original signals.

Abstract: An encoding device (100) includes (i) a first encoding unit (132) that encodes spectral data in the lower frequency band represented by a plularity of parameters, out of the spectral data obtained by transforming an audio signal inputted for a fixed time length, (ii) a second quantizing unit (133) that generates sub information representing characteristics of the spectral data in the higher frequency by fewer parameters than those for the lower frequency band, out of the spectral data obtained by the transformation, (iii) a second encoding unit (134) that encodes the generated sub information, and (iv) a stream output unit (140) that outputs the data encoded by the first encoding unit (132) and the data encoded by the second encoding unit (134).