Abstract: For a data group composed of pieces of data each indicating channel characteristics of a scattered pilot signal position whose phase is adjusted by dividing scattered pilot signals included in an OFDM signal by a scattered pilot signal at the time of transmission, a carrier extension circuit 341 inserts data having a same value as a value of data of a lower end into an outside of the lower end of a band, and inserts data having a same value as a value of data of an upper end into an outside of the upper end of the band. On the data group composed of 2N pieces of data including the data inserted by the carrier extension circuit 341, IFFT processing by an IFFT circuit 342, noise removal processing by a noise removal filter 343, and FFT processing by a FFT circuit 344 are performed. The data inserted by the carrier extension circuit 341 is removed from the data group outputted from the FFT circuit 344, and the data group after the data removal is used for interpolation in a symbol direction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a workpiece transportation control method and system that automatically processes a plurality of steps in a successive manner, thereby enhancing production efficiency. According to one embodiment, a transportation control method includes the steps of: monitoring the state of an automated manufacturing system to see if there is a request for transporting a workpiece; extracting the subsequent step path for the workpiece when a transportation request is issued; calculating a standard necessary period along the extracted step path; converting the subsequent standard necessary period into an evaluation value, issuing a transportation request, stacking tasks in response to other transportation requests; and selecting a workpiece with the shortest subsequent standard necessary period from the stacked transportation requests.

Abstract: Disclosed is an OFDM signal receiving apparatus for diversity reception, with a plurality of antennas, of an OFDM signal containing Y sub-carriers, where 2X?1<Y<2X and X>1. The OFDM signal receiving apparatus includes a plurality of receiving systems, and a diversity processing unit connected to the receiving systems and fed with sequences of data on sub-carriers demodulated by the respective receiving systems. At least one of the receiving systems includes an FFT circuit for Fast Fourier transforming, in parallel, only a sequence of data on 2Z sub-carriers contained in the OFDM signal received with a corresponding antenna, where X>Z. The diversity processing unit performs a diversity process on sequences of data on sub-carriers, out of all the Y sub-carries, redundantly demodulated.

Abstract: An OFDM reception device detects a time at which impulse noise occurs in a received OFDM signal, and specifies a start position candidate period that does not have intersymbol interference and is estimated to have a guard interval signal in a symbol. When setting a FFT window of an effective symbol length in a symbol duration of each symbol, if the impulse noise occurrence time is included in the symbol, the OFDM reception device determines a start position of the FFT window within a range of the start position candidate period so as to exclude the impulse noise occurrence time as much as possible.

Abstract: An OFDM modulation apparatus receives a signal composed of OFDM symbols each of which is composed of an effective symbol and a guard interval, generates K delayed signals by delaying the received signal by K effective symbol periods, generates a signal by adding up all the K delayed signals, generates a first correlation signal that shows a correlation between the received signal and the addition-result signal, generates K×L second correlation signals from the first correlation signal, based on K×L combinations of K effective symbol periods and L fractions used to indicate the guard interval period, detects one among the K×L second correlation signals that indicates a largest correlation level, and detect periods of the effective symbol and the guard interval of the received signal in accordance with the detected second correlation signal.

Abstract: A receiving device performs reception in a service period of a broadcast signal and switches to a power saving mode in a non-service period. The service period is composed of a first period during which an application data table of an MPE-FEC frame is transmitted and a second period, following the first period, during which an RS data table of the MPE-FEC frame is transmitted. An error correction unit 12 performs one of error correction that uses the whole RS data table according to MPE-FEC, and erasure correction that uses a same number of parity bytes as bytes having bit errors. When the bit errors are corrected by the error correction unit 12 performing erasure correction, a power control unit 30 switches a receiving circuit to a power saving mode before the second period ends.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a reception apparatus that receives and demodulates a signal transmitted by using time-division multiplexing, with reduced power consumption. In detail, a receiving unit including a tuner operates to receive a signal only during a time period for which a desired signal is transmitted. The received signal is converted into digital data, and the digital data is stored into a memory. With the use of the digital data stored in the memory, a PLL performs all of the necessary operations from synchronization establishment to demodulation.

Abstract: An externally-controlled fluid coupling includes a driving disk fixed to a driving rotational shaft, a case member and a cover member rotatably supported by the rotational shaft, a separating plate for forming an operation chamber and a storage chamber between the case member and the cover member, a supply passage for supplying the fluid to the operation chamber, a return passage for returning the fluid to the storage chamber, a supply/return valve for opening or closing the supply/return passage and an electromagnetic actuating apparatus including an electromagnet for actuating the supply/return valves. The electromagnet generates a first power of magnetism for actuating the supply valve and a second power of magnetism for actuating the return valve. The values of the first and second powers of magnetism are different from each other so that the supply valve and the return valve open/close nonsynchronously.

Abstract: Disclosed is an OFDM signal receiving apparatus for diversity reception, with a plurality of antennas, of an OFDM signal containing Y sub-carriers, where 2X?1<Y<2X and X>1. The OFDM signal receiving apparatus includes a plurality of receiving systems, and a diversity processing unit connected to the receiving systems and fed with sequences of data on sub-carriers demodulated by the respective receiving systems. At least one of the receiving systems includes an FFT circuit for Fast Fourier transforming, in parallel, only a sequence of data on 2Z sub-carriers contained in the OFDM signal received with a corresponding antenna, where X>Z. The diversity processing unit performs a diversity process on sequences of data on sub-carriers, out of all the Y sub-carries, redundantly demodulated.

Abstract: An OFDM modulation apparatus receives a signal composed of OFDM symbols each of which is composed of an effective symbol and a guard interval, generates K delayed signals by delaying the received signal by K effective symbol periods, generates a signal by adding up all the K delayed signals, generates a first correlation signal that shows a correlation between the received signal and the addition-result signal, generates K×L second correlation signals from the first correlation signal, based on K×L combinations of K effective symbol periods and L fractions used to indicate the guard interval period, detects one among the K×L second correlation signals that indicates a largest correlation level, and detect periods of the effective symbol and the guard interval of the received signal in accordance with the detected second correlation signal.

Abstract: A sewing method allows firm seaming to be performed without inserting point needles through linking loops that are formed near the ends of the course direction, and the other linking loops can be automatically linked with efficiency. The sewing method seams knitted fabrics having linking loops on their top courses, the knitted fabrics being stretched in the course direction with point needles inserted through some successive ones of the linking loops, wherein the point needles are pulled out with the knitted fabrics sandwiched and held in the vicinity of the linking loops across the course direction. Then, linking loops not having been pierced with the point needles are seamed at intervals smaller than the intervals of arrangement of the linking loops not having been pierced with the point needles. The linking loops pierced with the point needles are seamed by linking.

Abstract: A sewing method allows firm seaming to be performed without inserting point needles through linking loops that are formed near the ends of the course direction, and the other linking loops can be automatically linked with efficiency. The sewing method seams knitted fabrics having linking loops on their top courses, the knitted fabrics being stretched in the course direction with point needles inserted through some successive ones of the linking loops, wherein the point needles are pulled out with the knitted fabrics sandwiched and held in the vicinity of the linking loops across the course direction. Then, linking loops not having been pierced with the point needles are seamed at intervals smaller than the intervals of arrangement of the linking loops not having been pierced with the point needles. The linking loops pierced with the point needles are seamed by linking.

Abstract: A linking method including the steps of opposing knitted fabrics to be linked to each other, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a course direction, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a wale direction, picking up an image of linking loops of each of the stretched knitted fabrics, detecting the positions of the linking loops based on a multiple gray-scale image, inserting a point needle through each of the linking loops, sewing a linking loop in the vicinity of an edge of each of the knitted fabrics, and linking together the linking loops other than the sewn linking loop by using the point needle; and an apparatus for linking knitted fabrics.

Abstract: A linking method including the steps of opposing knitted fabrics to be linked to each other, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a course direction, stretching the opposed knitted fabrics in a wale direction, picking up an image of linking loops of each of the stretched knitted fabrics, detecting the positions of the linking loops based on a multiple gray-scale image, inserting a point needle through each of the linking loops, sewing a linking loop in the vicinity of an edge of each of the knitted fabrics, and linking together the linking loops other than the sewn linking loop by using the point needle; and an apparatus for linking knitted fabrics.

Abstract: A mechanism for winding camera film includes a small size reduction gear which includes an internal gear rotatably mounted within the camera, an output shaft mounted on the internal gear to rotate therewith, and a cylinder coupled to the output shaft to rotate with the output shaft for receiving and winding film thereabout, the internal gear being a stationary internal gear; a movable internal gear having an internal gear, plane gears in mesh with the stationary internal gear and the movable internal gear. A holder and a holder clamp hold the plane gears. A sun gear meshing with the planet gears is directly connected with a motor shaft. The reduction gear includes a column beam provided between columns extending upwardly from the holder and, further, guide sections are provided in those sections where the movable internal gear and the stationary internal gear are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A small-sized reduction gear includes: a stationary internal gear 10; a movable internal gear 20 having an internal gear; planet gears 12 in mesh with the stationary internal gear 10 and the movable internal gear 20; a holder member 15 and a holder clamp 19 which hold the planet gears 12; and a sun gear 4 in mesh with the planet gears 12 and directly connected with a motor shaft 3. The reduction gear further includes a column beam 18 provided between columns extending upwardly from the holder member 15 and, further guide sections provided in those sections where the movable internal gear 20 and the stationary internal gear 10 are in contact with each other. This construction helps to provide a small-sized reduction gear which makes it possible to obtain a high reduction ratio with a very small number of parts, which has a high level of transmission efficiency, which involves little backlash and noise, and which excels in dustproofness and can be produced at low costs.