Abstract: Synthesized images having unpredictable appearances are obtained when generating the synthesized images by arranging a plurality of images in predetermined formats. A monotone image generating section generates a plurality of monotone images, by converting each of a plurality of images into monotone images of random hues. A synthesizing section arranges the plurality of monotone images in the predetermined layout, to generate the synthesized image.

Abstract: An optical modulator suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. The optical modulator includes an optical modulation element (1) having a substrate with an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode (or a signal electrode (2)) for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a connection substrate (4), arranged outside the substrate, for supplying the optical modulation element with a microwave signal operating the optical modulation element. A signal input terminal (22) and a signal output terminal (23) are formed on the connection substrate (20).

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide element module which suppresses reflection of a modulation signal and attenuation of a modulation signal, even when an impedance of a modulation electrode of an optical waveguide element and an impedance of a transmission line for inputting the modulation signal from the external of the optical waveguide element are different from each other. The optical waveguide clement module is provided with an optical waveguide element, which has a substrate (1) composed of a material having electro-optical effects, an optical waveguide (2) formed on the substrate, and a modulation electrode (3) which modules optical waves propagating in the optical waveguide; a connector (8), wherein an external signal line which inputs the modulation signal to the modulation electrode is connected to the modulation electrode; and a relay line which connects the connector and the modulation electrode and is formed on a relay substrate (7).

Abstract: A card (which is displayed on a screen and is thus operated, and has a single function) is output to a display of an information processing device through a shell (an OS of the card and a seal), and the seal (a display associated with an action such as an output) can be put on a part of the card. The shell put on the card is written to a seal DB and the seal put on the card is displayed in accordance with information of the seal DB when the card is to be output. The seal corresponds to a seal application depending on each type. When an object of the card having the seal put thereon is coincident with a predetermined condition, the corresponding seal application is activated by the shell so that a predetermined action such as a notice or an output of a ring tone is executed.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection apparatus includes an occupant protection device, a control unit, and a sensor module. The sensor module includes an acceleration sensor for detecting first acceleration caused by a collision and second acceleration caused by a fault diagnosis of the sensor module, a signal processing circuit for producing first and second data corresponding to the first and second acceleration, respectively, and a signal output circuit for outputting a signal having the first data or the second data to the control unit. The control unit includes a diagnostic unit for performing the fault diagnosis based on the second data and a controller for controlling the protection device based on the first data. The signal output circuit adds a first code to the signal having the first data and adds a second code to the signal having the second data.

Abstract: An optical modulator suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. The optical modulator includes an optical modulation element (1) having a substrate with an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode (or a signal electrode (2)) for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a connection substrate (4), arranged outside the substrate, for supplying the optical modulation element with a microwave signal operating the optical modulation element. A signal input terminal (22) and a signal output terminal (23) are formed on the connection substrate (20).

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical waveguide element module in which a filter circuit including a capacitor is provided on a line through which a modulation signal is input to a modulating electrode of an optical waveguide element and which is capable of preventing the deterioration of an electric signal in the filter circuit or the occurrence of a resonance phenomenon within the frequency range used and obtaining flat electrical/optical response frequency characteristics in a wide band of more than several tens of gigahertz, even though a single-layer capacitor is used as the capacitor.

Abstract: Provided is an optical modulator wherein frequency characteristics in a high frequency band are further improved and temperature drift phenomenon is more suppressed. The optical modulator is provided with a substrate (1) having electro-optical effects; an optical waveguide (2) formed on the substrate; and a modulation electrode on the substrate. The modulation electrode is composed of a signal electrode for controlling an optical wave guided in the optical waveguide, and ground electrodes (4, 5). A high frequency modulation signal introducing path or a terminator is bonded to at least one of end sections (31, 32) of the signal electrode by bonding (81-86). Dummy electrode sections (131-186) are arranged on the side opposite to the end section of the bonded signal electrode, by having a waveguide path in between.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an optical modulator in which a connection substrate or a terminal substrate is disposed outside an optical modulation element and which can maintain at a proper voltage amplitude value a modulation signal applied to an optical modulation element. An optical modulator includes: a substrate having electro-optic effect; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; an optical modulation element 1 having a modulation electrode (which includes a signal electrode 2) for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a connection substrate 20 disposed outside the substrate to supply a modulation signal for driving the optical modulation element to the optical modulation element.

Abstract: A method of adjusting the optical axis of an optical waveguide element which can improve a manufacturing yield of the optical waveguide element, an alignment yield between the optical waveguide element and an input waveguide means, etc. and can equalize the branch ratio in a Y-branch waveguide; and an optical waveguide element which can be made compact and also M inhibited from complication in structure by using this method. The optical waveguide element (5) formed on a substrate comprises at least a linear waveguide (6) and a Y-branch waveguide (7) branched from the linear waveguide.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator capable of adjusting the frequency characteristics of an electric/optical conversion response over a wide frequency band, preventing the occurrence of jitter, and improving optical transmission characteristics. A traveling-wave-type optical modulator 20 includes: a substrate that has an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide that is formed on the substrate; a modulating electrode that controls the modulation of a light wave traveling through the optical waveguide and includes a signal electrode portion 21 and a ground electrode portion; an input interface 22 that is connected to an input side of the signal electrode portion; a terminator 23 that is connected to the end of the signal electrode portion; and an adjustment filter 31 that is provided between the input interface and the signal electrode portion and adjusts frequency characteristics. It is preferable that the adjustment filter 31 be a passive filter.

Abstract: If an accelerator pedal is released, when a flag indicates 1, a vehicle travels in a traveling environment reflected operation mode where an engine and two motors are controlled in such a manner that a required torque is output to a drive shaft while the engine, in which fuel injection is stopped, is operated by the motor. If a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a threshold at the time or after the flag is changed from 1 to 0, the vehicle travels in a normal operation mode where the engine and the two motors are controlled in such a manner that the required torque is output to the drive shaft with engine rotation stopped. If the vehicle speed is higher than the threshold when the flag is changed from 1 to 0, the vehicle travels in the traveling environment reflected operation mode until the vehicle speed becomes equal to or lower than the threshold.

Abstract: An optical modulator is provided which suppresses a radiation mode of a microwave generated in a connection substrate or a termination substrate from entering a signal electrode of the optical modulator and suppresses modulation properties from being degraded. The optical modulator includes an optical modulation element (1) having a substrate with an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode (or a signal electrode (2)) for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a connection substrate (4), arranged outside the substrate, for supplying the optical modulation element with a microwave signal operating the optical modulation element. A signal input terminal (22) and a signal output terminal (23) are formed on the connection substrate (20).

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an optical modulator in which a connection substrate or a terminal substrate is disposed outside an optical modulation element and which can maintain at a proper voltage amplitude value a modulation signal applied to an optical modulation element. An optical modulator includes: a substrate having electro-optic effect; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; an optical modulation element 1 having a modulation electrode (which includes a signal electrode 2) for modulating light passing through the optical waveguide; and a connection substrate 20 disposed outside the substrate to supply a modulation signal for driving the optical modulation element to the optical modulation element.

Abstract: To provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which an occurrence of a jitter can be suppressed when an optical modulator is driven by using a driver, and, in particular, to provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which a degree of freedom is improved when combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator and an occurrence of the jitter can be effectively suppressed even after combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator.

Abstract: A bus communication system is equipped with an operation scheme based on a trouble detection method that prevents a halt of the entire bus communication system by partially operating the system with the enforcement of operation prohibition for a troubled part. The troubled part in a daisy chain network of a master unit and slave units is detected and identified based on response signals from the slave units when the slave units respectively acquire their IDs.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting multiple entities of a model or models to set or change data of the multiple entities together in a modeling environment are disclosed. When users create or edit a model or models, information on the entities of the model or models is provided to the users so that the users can select multiple entities in the model or models. On the selection of the multiple entities in the model or models, the modeling environment dynamically generates a user interface for the selected entities of the model or models for displaying, setting or changing data of the selected entities together. The user interface may display data of the selected entities that is not common to all of the selected entities in a different manner so that the users can identify common data of the selected entities.

Abstract: To provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which an occurrence of a jitter can be suppressed when an optical modulator is driven by using a driver, and, in particular, to provide a traveling-wave-type optical modulator and a method of adjusting the same, in which a degree of freedom is improved when combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator and an occurrence of the jitter can be effectively suppressed even after combining the driver and the traveling-wave-type optical modulator.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting multiple entities of a model or models to set or change data of the multiple entities together in a modeling environment are disclosed. When users create or edit a model or models, information on the entities of the model or models is provided to the users so that the users can select multiple entities in the model or models. On the selection of the multiple entities in the model or models, the modeling environment dynamically generates a user interface for the selected entities of the model or models for displaying, setting or changing data of the selected entities together. The user interface may display data of the selected entities that is not common to all of the selected entities in a different manner so that the users can identify common data of the selected entities.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection apparatus includes an occupant protection device, a control unit, and a sensor module. The sensor module includes an acceleration sensor for detecting first acceleration caused by a collision and second acceleration caused by a fault diagnosis of the sensor module, a signal processing circuit for producing first and second data corresponding to the first and second acceleration, respectively, and a signal output circuit for outputting a signal having the first data or the second data to the control unit. The control unit includes a diagnostic unit for performing the fault diagnosis based on the second data and a controller for controlling the protection device based on the first data. The signal output circuit adds a first code to the signal having the first data and adds a second code to the signal having the second data.