Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.

Abstract: An output driving circuit outputs an output current to a solenoid incorporated in a vehicle through an output terminal. A detection resistor connected between the output terminal and the output driving circuit. An amplification unit configured to output an analog detection signal generated by amplifying a voltage between both ends of the detection resistor. A current generation circuit configured to output a reference current. A reference resistor connected between the current generation circuit and a ground and configured to output a reference voltage according to the reference current. An A/D converter configured to convert the analog detection signal into a digital detection signal using the reference voltage as a reference. A control circuit configured to control the output current output from the output driving circuit according to the digital detection signal.

Abstract: A method of modifying the genome of an organism, wherein the modification method includes modifying the genome of the organism by using in a cell of the organism a protein having an optimal temperature for double-stranded DNA breakage activity in an ordinary temperature region.

Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.

Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.

Abstract: In a picture coding method for generating a coded signal corresponding to each picture by coding a plurality of coded signals, a switching picture which is capable of switching a plurality of coded signals and subsequent pictures of the switching picture can refer to only a group of pictures of the same time in the coded signals. More specifically, the case where picture numbers of an adjacent picture of an S picture and the S picture are not continuous is not considered as an error.

Abstract: A DA converter has a first DA conversion unit that converts a first bit string signal corresponding to a MSB side string of a digital input signal into a first analog value, a second DA conversion unit that converts a second bit string signal corresponding to an LSB side string of the digital input signal into a second analog value, a third DA conversion unit that has identical circuitry configuration and identical circuitry area as the second DA conversion unit and converts a first digital signal into a third analog value, an analog calculator that calculates a value obtained by subtracting the third analog value from a value obtained by adding the second analog value to the first analog value, a quantizer that outputs a second digital signal obtained by quantizing an output value of the analog calculator, and a control logic unit that generates the first digital signal.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus (100) that decides a type of a tumor contained in a specimen includes: an image forming unit (103) that forms an ultrasonic image corresponding to an echo signal received from the specimen after administration of a contrast medium; a feature value calculating unit (106) that classifies each of a plurality of pixel regions contained in a tumor region including the tumor in the ultrasonic image into a low-luminance region, or a high-luminance region having higher luminance than the luminance of the low-luminance region, and calculates, based on a difference between a variance at a position of the low-luminance region and a variance at a position of the high-luminance region, a ring level indicating a degree of a ring shape of an image of the tumor region, the ring shape in which a luminance value of a central portion is lower than a luminance value of a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion; and a type deciding unit (107) that decides the type of the tumor based o

Abstract: The present invention is a variable length coding method for coding coefficients in each block which are obtained by performing frequency transformation on picture data of a moving picture per block having a predetermined size, and comprises: a coefficient scanning step of scanning the coefficients in the block in a predetermined order; and a coding step of coding the coefficients scanned in the coefficient scanning step into variable length codes in a predetermined order by switching a plurality of tables to be used for coding. Here, a direction of switching between the tables may be one-directional. Also, the coding may be non-arithmetic coding.

Abstract: A time to digital converter has a counter, a first phase difference detector, a first capacitor, a second capacitor having capacitance N times a capacitance of the first capacitor, a comparator to compare a charge voltage of the first capacitor with a charge voltage of the second capacitor, a first charge controller, a first phase difference arithmetic unit, a second phase difference detector, a second charge controller, a second phase difference arithmetic unit to operate the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal, and a third phase difference arithmetic unit to detect a fractional phase difference between the first signal and the second signal. The first phase difference arithmetic unit operates the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal, based on a reference phase, when the counter suspends a measurement operation.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a casing, a first insulating circuit board, a second insulating circuit board, and a sealing material. The first insulating circuit board is disposed to be surrounded by the casing. The second insulating circuit board is surrounded by the casing and spaced from the first insulating circuit board so as to sandwich a semiconductor element between the first insulating circuit board and the second insulating circuit board. The sealing material fills a region surrounded by the casing. The first or second insulating circuit board is provided with a hole extending from one main surface to the other main surface opposite to one main surface. From at least a portion of an inner wall surface of the casing a protrusion extending to a region overlapping the first or second insulating circuit board in a plan view extends toward the region surrounded by the casing.

Abstract: A moving picture coding method for coding a picture with switching between frame coding and field coding adaptively on a block-by-block basis includes: determining the maximum number of reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, using the maximum number of reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding; and assigning to fields the reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, within a range of the determined maximum number thereof, using the reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding.

Abstract: When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are determined by scaling a value obtained from averaging the plurality of motion vectors or selecting one of the plurality of the motion vectors.

Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.

Abstract: A moving picture coding method for coding a picture with switching between frame coding and field coding adaptively on a block-by-block basis includes: determining the maximum number of reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, using the maximum number of reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding; and assigning to fields the reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referred to at the time of field coding, within a range of the determined maximum number thereof, using the reference indices for frame coding for specifying frames which are to be referred to at the time of frame coding.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus has a transmitter, a signal processor, and ADPLL circuitry. The transmitter to modulate transmission data using a local oscillation signal to generate a wireless signal to be transmitted from an antenna. The signal processor to generate the transmission data and to supply the generated transmission data to the transmitter. The ADPLL (All Digital Phase-Locked Loop) circuitry to generate the local oscillation signal by ADPLL processing and to supply digital information correlated with an input sensing signal to the signal processor.

Abstract: An oscillator has an oscillator, an integer phase detector, a random number generator, an edge selector, a fractional phase detector, an offset correction arithmetic unit, and a phase error generator. The oscillator generates an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency in accordance with a phase error signal. The integer phase detector detects an integer phase of the oscillation signal. The random number generator generates a random number. The edge selector outputs a phase difference signal indicating a phase difference between a phase of a reference signal and a phase of the oscillation signal, or indicating a phase difference acquired by offsetting the phase difference. The fractional phase detector detects a fractional phase of the oscillation signal based on the phase difference signal. The offset correction arithmetic unit computes an offset correction value in accordance with the random number. The phase error generator generates the phase error signal.

Abstract: Time measuring circuitry has a ring oscillator, a time-to-digital converter, a time measurer and a phase randomizer. The ring oscillator has a plurality of delay circuitries connected in a ring shape, the ring oscillator adjusting delay times of the plurality of delay circuitries based on an oscillation control signal to generate an oscillation signal. The time-to-digital converter quantizes a phase of the oscillation signal at a transition timing of a reference signal. The phase synchronizing circuitry to generate the oscillation control signal based on an output signal of the time-to-digital converter so that a phase of the oscillation signal coincides with a phase of the reference signal. The time measurer to measure a time interval based on the output signal of the time-to-digital converter. The phase randomizer to randomly shift the phase of the oscillation signal to be locked by the phase synchronizing circuitry.

Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable length coding unit (107) for performing variable length coding on coded residual data ERes, a prediction type PredType, a reference picture number RefNo2 and motion vectors MV1, MV2 on a block-by-block basis, and outputting them as coded moving picture data Str.

Abstract: The present invention is a variable length coding method for coding coefficients in each block which are obtained by performing frequency transformation on picture data of a moving picture per block having a predetermined size, and comprises: a coefficient scanning step of scanning the coefficients in the block in a predetermined order; and a coding step of coding the coefficients scanned in the coefficient scanning step into variable length codes in a predetermined order by switching a plurality of tables to be used for coding. Here, a direction of switching between the tables may be one-directional. Also, the coding may be non-arithmetic coding.