Abstract: A logic circuit emulator comprises multiple sub-systems, in which each sub-system outputs to another one of the sub-systems a permission notification to permit the another sub-system to proceed to next emulation clock cycle depending on whether or not the state of an own sub-circuit has advanced. In case a signal that is output from an own sub-circuit and that is to be sent to a sub-circuit of the other sub-system has changed, each sub-system outputs a transfer request to transfer the signal to the another sub-system before the next emulation clock cycle. In case a signal is not being sent from the own sub-circuit to the sub-circuit of the another sub-system, and a permission notification is received but no transfer request is being received from the other sub-system, a clock signal is output for the own sub-circuit to advance the own sub-circuit to the next emulation clock cycle.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a determination unit that determines whether an external apparatus is capable of transmitting broadcast program information about a plurality of channels via a communication unit. When the determination unit determines that the external apparatus is capable of transmitting the broadcast program information, an acquisition unit does not acquire the broadcast program information from the digital broadcast signal. The external apparatus is requested to transmit the broadcast program information. The broadcast program information is acquired from the external apparatus.

Abstract: The information processing device which recovers a domain developing a fault caused by added application and device driver while maintaining security and reliability includes a plurality of processors, wherein the plurality of processors form a plurality of domains according to processing contents to be executed, and the processors in different domains communicate with each other through a communication unit, and which further includes a recovery unit for executing, for a domain developing a fault, failure recovery processing based on a failure recovery request notified by the domain and a recovery condition set in advance for each domain.

Abstract: The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit 37A and sensors 2, 3, 4, 30, 31, 32, 33, etc. The actual state quantity obtaining unit 52 calculates a vehicle body actual slip angle ?z_act, etc. The reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit 54 calculates a reference vehicle body slip angle ?z_d, etc. by using a dynamic characteristic model. The vehicle motion control apparatus also includes a first anti-spin target yaw moment FB unit 68 which calculates a first anti-spin•target yaw moment Mc1_asp based on the vehicle body actual slip angle ?z_act and a second anti-spin target yaw moment FB unit 82 which calculates a second anti-spin•target yaw moment Mc2_asp based on a lateral acceleration Gs, a vehicle speed Vact and an actual yaw rate ?act.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic optimization system capable of searching for an allocation with a good performance from among a plurality of task allocations which can be scheduled in a system of a development target configured with a plurality of periodic tasks. A task allocation optimization system for a multi-core processor including a plurality of cores calculates a response time of each of a plurality of tasks which are core allocation decision targets, and outputs an accumulative value of the calculated response time as an evaluation function value which is an index representing excellence of a task allocation. A task allocation from which a good evaluation function value is calculated is searched based on the evaluation function value. A candidate having a good evaluation function value among a plurality of searched task allocation candidates is held.

Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display panel having a transmittance that can be changed for each frame of an input video signal, an adjusting unit that adjusts a timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes, and a backlight unit that emits light in a period corresponding to a period of an applied alternating-current voltage, wherein the adjusting unit adjusts the timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes on the basis of the period of the alternating-current voltage.

Abstract: An information management method includes: receiving a request for certain operation of certain electronic information associated with operation right information that defines permitted operation for each user; determining as to whether or not at least one of (i) a history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the certain electronic information and (ii) a history of previous operations, executed by the user, of a location associated with the certain electronic information meets a predetermined condition, and if it is determined that the at least one of (i) the history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the certain electronic information and (ii) the history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the location associated with the certain electronic information meets the predetermined condition, starting to execute the certain operation.

Abstract: A video audio system includes an audio processing apparatus capable of processing audio signals input from a plurality of input sources and a video processing apparatus capable of displaying a video image based on a video signal input from a selected input source. The video processing apparatus executes image processing based on the selected input source type notified by the audio processing apparatus, and transmits delay time information required for the image processing. The audio processing apparatus delays an audio signal based on the delay time information transmitted from the video processing apparatus.

Abstract: A video audio system includes an audio processing apparatus capable of processing audio signals input from a plurality of input sources and a video processing apparatus capable of displaying a video image based on a video signal input from a selected input source. The video processing apparatus executes image processing based on the selected input source type notified by the audio processing apparatus, and transmits delay time information required for the image processing. The audio processing apparatus delays an audio signal based on the delay time information transmitted from the video processing apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sound producing apparatus which suppresses an increase in electric power consumption and cost, and an increase in a number of wiring when a plurality of speaker apparatuses is configured. A speaker driving apparatus supplies electric power to a speaker apparatus, acquires information about an electroacoustic characteristic and maximum input electric power of each speaker apparatus from the speaker apparatus, and executes characteristic correction and output electric power restriction according to the information.

Abstract: An audio player apparatus includes a first speaker disposed to output a sound from a front face of a flat panel television apparatus to the outside, a second speaker disposed to output a sound from a backside of the flat panel television apparatus to the outside, a microphone disposed on the backside of the flat panel television apparatus to receive the sound output from the second speaker and to convert the received sound into an electric signal, an analysis unit configured to detect a reflected sound and reflection time of the sound output from the second speaker based on a second audio signal supplied to the second speaker and the electric signal output from the microphone, and a phase correction unit configured to correct a phase of at least one of a first audio signal supplied to the first speaker and the second audio signal based on the reflection time.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including: light-receiving units which are formed in rows and columns; a transfer channel formed in each column; first and second transfer electrodes that are formed in the same layer and deposited alternately above the transfer channel; insulating regions each formed above the transfer channel and between one of the first transfer electrodes and one of the second transfer electrodes which are adjacent to each other; an antireflection film formed above the light-receiving units, and formed on the insulating regions to cover the insulating regions; a first wire formed in each row in a layer upper than the antireflection film, and electrically connected to second transfer electrodes; and a light-shielding film which is formed in a layer upper than the first wire, covers the transfer channel, and has an opening above each of the light-receiving units.

Abstract: An object is to provide a script description separation reconstructing device that can describe the same operation by the same command script regardless of a subsystem configuration of a controlled system, a configuration of a control system, and a kind of the command script. Using system configuration information indicating what kind of subsystem structure the controlled system is composed of, A script description separation reconstructing means reconstructs in a form of separating a system control command script description into a process inside each controller and a process by a host side.

Abstract: A sound signal processing apparatus and a sound signal processing method divide an input signal into a low frequency signal output (11) and a high frequency signal output (10), and delay only the high frequency signal output (10), thereby reducing the temporal shift between the high frequency signal and the low frequency signal. Furthermore, correcting the phase of the low frequency signal output (11) in accordance with a change in phase due to the delay of the high frequency signal output (10) allows to prevent variation in frequency characteristics due to interference at the time of addition of the low frequency signal output (11) and the high frequency signal output (10).

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid state imaging device and a manufacturing method thereof that lowers contact resistance and suppresses dark current, even when wirings and contact plugs are reduced in size. A solid state imaging device 1 includes wirings 24 and a transfer electrode film 102 that are connected to each other by lower contact plugs A in one layer and upper contact plugs B in another layer. A titanium silicide film 105 is formed at a bottom of each lower contact plug A. The upper contact plugs B do not include any titanium silicide, and are connected to the lower contact plugs A via a tungsten film 107 that is an intermediate wiring layer. Neither of the upper and lower contact plugs A and B includes pure titanium. Intralayer lens films 127 above photodiodes 121 in an imaging pixel region are formed after the lower contact plugs A are formed.

Abstract: The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit 37A and sensors 2, 3, 4, 30, 31, 32, 33, etc. The actual state quantity obtaining unit 52 calculates a vehicle body actual slip angle ?z_act, etc. The reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit 54 calculates a reference vehicle body slip angle ?z_d, etc. by using a dynamic characteristic model. The vehicle motion control apparatus also includes a first anti-spin target yaw moment FB unit 68 which calculates a first anti-spin•target yaw moment Mc1_asp based on the vehicle body actual slip angle ?z_act and a second anti-spin target yaw moment FB unit 82 which calculates a second anti-spin•target yaw moment Mc2_asp based on a lateral acceleration Gs, a vehicle speed Vact and an actual yaw rate ?act.

Abstract: A vehicle motion control apparatus suppresses strangeness feeling in a driver when a signal from a sensor which detects an operated state quantity of a vehicle and a motional state quantity thereof is abnormal. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control unit, and sensors. An actual-state-quantity obtaining unit outputs a vehicle-body actual slip angle and an actual yaw rate to a deviation calculating unit. A reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit calculates a vehicle-body reference slip angle and a reference yaw rate using a dynamic-characteristic model and outputs those to the deviation calculating unit. A virtual external-force calculating unit feeds back a virtual external force to the reference dynamic-characteristic model calculating unit based on a deviation output by the deviation calculating unit.

Abstract: A schedule decision method acquires dependencies of execution sequences required for a plurality of sub tasks into which a first task has been divided; generates a plurality of sub task structure candidates that satisfy said dependencies and for which a plurality of processing devices execute said plurality of sub tasks; generates a plurality of schedule candidates by further assigning at least one second task to each of said sub task structure candidates; computes an effective degree that represents effectiveness of executions of said first task and said second task for each of said plurality of schedule candidates; and decides a schedule candidate used for the executions of said first task and said second task from said plurality of schedule candidates based on said effective degrees.

Abstract: In the solid-state image sensor manufacturing method according to the present invention, metal silicide films comprising of at least one of cobalt silicide film, nickel silicide film, and titanium silicide film having similar specific resistances to metal films are selectively formed on the top faces (whole surfaces for example) of charge-transfer electrodes. The kind of manufacturing method realizes a solid-state image sensor which keeps the charge-transfer electrodes at low resistance, can operate at a high speed, and is highly sensitive even if the width of those electrodes is reduced.

Abstract: A digital amplifier including a clock generation unit configured to output a clock signal, a pulse width modulation unit configured to pulse width-modulate the clock signal based on an input signal, a driving unit configured to alternately drive at least two switching elements which convert the output of the pulse width modulation unit, an analysis unit configured to analyze characteristics of the input signal, and a control unit configured to control frequencies of the clock signal based on an output of the analysis unit.