Abstract: An information reproduction apparatus includes an error corrector which performs a first error correction for correcting errors in a horizontal direction within an input data block comprised of a product code and subsequently a second error correction for correcting errors in a vertical direction within the same block is disclosed. The error corrector produces a first signal each time an uncorrectable code word is detected while the first error correction is being performed. The apparatus further includes a first counter for counting the first signal, a comparator for comparing a count value of the first counter with a predetermined value and producing a second signal when the count value reaches the predetermined value, and a determination device determining that there is an error within the data block which the error corrector cannot correct, and delivering a third signal in response to the second signal to reread the data block.

Abstract: A cap 10 which has a female screw 14 in the inner peripheral surface and which is to be screwed on a port neck part 13 of a container main body 11 holding a predetermined liquid, wherein a plurality of ribs 18 radially extending astride from an inner surface of a top surface part 16 of the cap 10 to an inner surface of a peripheral wall part and integrally projecting inwards are formed on a peripheral edge part 17 of the inner surface of the top surface part 16. A female screw 14 is a screw in the form of two threads composed of spiral mated ridges 14a, 14b of two threads, for example. The liquid held in the container main body 11 is, for example, a chlorine-based bleach which contains a surface active agent and a sodium hypochlorite. The mated ridges 14a, 14b each are 80 to 120 degrees in thread angle &thgr; and 1 to 15% of a valley radius of the female screw 14 in thread height H.

Abstract: The invention provides a container 10 which simultaneously discharges agents A and B respectively charged in an outer container 11 and an inner container 21 from an outer nozzle portion 40C and an inner nozzle portion 40D in accordance with a tilting of the container 10.

Abstract: An information reproduction apparatus including an error corrector which performs a first error correction for correcting errors in a horizontal direction within an input data block comprised of a product code and subsequently a second error correction for correcting errors in a vertical direction within the same block is disclosed. The error corrector produces a first signal each time an incorrectable code word is detected while the first error correction is being performed. The apparatus further includes a first counter for counting the first signal, a comparator for comparing a count value of the first counter with a predetermined value and producing a second signal when the count value reaches the predetermined value, and a determination device determining that there is an error within the data block which the error corrector cannot correct, and delivering a third signal in response to the second signal to reread the data block.

Abstract: For recording data on and reproducing data from an optical disk of a single spiral land/groove configuration, a header detector detects header regions on the optical disk, a PID error detector judges whether the address information read from the header regions is erroneous, using error detection codes, and detects the number of errors per sector. An error count comparator compares the number of errors per sector with a predetermined value, and a state judging circuit identifies the state of the optical disk device by causing transition to a higher or lower state according to the output of the error count comparator. The recording and reproduction are controlled according to the state thus identified.

Abstract: In a device for controlling rotation of a disk, if a determination is made that a signal is not normally detected by a pre-pit-region detection circuit, an error signal is obtained from a pulse generator to control the rotation of the disk. If a determination is made that a signal is normally detected by the pre-pit-region detection circuit and if the synchronizing signals are not normally detected at predetermined intervals, an error signal is obtained from the wobble signal so that the rotations of the disk are controlled. If a determination is made that synchronizing signals are detected by the pre-pit-region detection circuit at predetermined intervals, an error signal is obtained from clocks synchronized with the reproduced signal generated by the PLL circuit so that rotations of the disk are controlled.

Abstract: A data recorder for recording data onto a record medium on which a sync signal is inserted at a given interval, has a sequence controller, wherein, after receiving the command from the system controller which triggers an initiation of a recording operation, the sequence controller activates the first encoder in response to a leading end signal of the encoded block from the sync signal set-up section, activates the first encoder and the second encoder in response to a leading end signal of the next encoded block, and activates the first encoder, the second encoder and the data reader in response to a leading end signal of the next following encoded block, and wherein, during the absence of the command from the system controller which triggers an initiation of a recording operation, the sequence controller deactivates the first encoder in response to a leading end signal of an encoded block from the sync signal set-up section, deactivates the first encoder and the second encoder in response to a leading end sig

Abstract: When a detected value of the signal processing speed from a frequency comparator is larger than a prescribed value input from an input terminal, the rotation control of a disk is switched from constant linear velocity control to constant angular velocity control using an error signal from an arithmetic unit. Alternatively, when a detected value of the rotational velocity from a frequency comparator is larger than a prescribed value input form an input terminal, the rotation control of the disk is switched from the constant angular velocity control into the constant linear velocity control.

Abstract: If a determination is made that a signal is not normally detected by the pre-pit-region detection circuit 53, an error signal is obtained from a pulse generator 58 to control the rotations of the disk 50. If a determination is made that a signal is normally detected by the pre-pit-region detection circuit 53 and if the synchronizing signals are not normally detected at predetermined intervals, an error signal is obtained from the wobble signal so that the rotations of the disk 50 are controlled. If a determination is made that synchronizing signals are detected by the pre-pit-region detection circuit 53 at predetermined intervals, an error signal is obtained from clocks synchronized with the reproduced signal generated by the PLL circuit 54 so that rotations of the disk 50 are controlled.

Abstract: To avoid degradation of the acoustic signal radiated from the opening of the ducted horn of a ducted horn type speaker, under influence of the ducted horn, below the characteristic of the speaker itself, and input terminal for receiving an audio signal, a non-recursive digital filter for varying the input audio signal, a power amplifier for amplifying the varied signal, and speaker for replaying the amplified signal are provided. The non-recursive digital filter realizes the inverse characteristic of the transfer characteristic of the ducted horn.

Abstract: In a digital channel divider of the present invention, a plurality of filters are connected in parallel, which can set a desired transmission frequency response optionally for a digital input signal, so that signals outputted from each filter are outputted independently. In order to flatten the amplitude characteristic of an overall transmission frequency response of each channel and to obtain a linear phase frequency response, a time series impulse response is calculated based on an inverse characteristic and this time series impulse response is made to be a filter factor, and this filter factor and and the digital input signal are calculated by convolution operations.