Abstract: A vertical HPF and a horizontal HPF receive a video signal 101, and extract only a high frequency component in the vertical/horizontal directions, respectively. Absolute value taking parts take an absolute value of the high frequency components, respectively, and change their values to positive values. A horizontal accumulating/adding part and a vertical accumulating/adding part accumulate/add an input signal so as to output a vertical one-dimensional signal and a horizontal one-dimensional signal, respectively, each periodically having a peak value in the respective vertical and horizontal directions. A horizontal peak detecting part detects a horizontal peak position according to the horizontal one-dimensional signal. A vertical peak detecting part detects a vertical peak position according to the vertical one-dimensional signal and identifies a format thereof.

Abstract: A multilayer print circuit board containing an insulating layer containing an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester solution composition formed on a substrate having a circuit pattern, and another circuit pattern formed on said insulating layer so as to electrically communicate with the former circuit pattern; with the aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester solution composition containing 100 parts by weight of a solvent (A), 0.

Abstract: In a multi-format transport stream decoder that performs a desired process on first transport streams of different formats to generate a second transport stream, a process request information input unit (APR) is supplied with process target packet data (Pi) and process request information (ScW) indicative of process details. A stream identification information providing unit (TSRi) provides stream identification information (TSID). A packet data retaining and identifying unit (DBA) retains each pieces of first packet data (Pi), and compares the stream identification information (TSIDe) and packet data identification information (PIDe) of the first packet data (Pi) with the process request information (ScW) to determine whether the information is to be processed.

Abstract: An aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester film having a low water absorbing property, and additionally, showing small linear expansion coefficient is provided by an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester film comprising an aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester with a weight average molecular weight of 5000 to 100000, which comprises a structural unit of the following formula (I) derived from p-hydrozybenzoic acid: 1

Abstract: The object is to provide liquid crystalline polyester which gives molded articles without generating acetic acid gas, and a method for producing the liquid crystalline polyester. This object is achieved by a method for producing a liquid crystalline polyester comprising melt-polymerizing aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid represented by the formula (I), aromatic diol represented by the formula (II), and aromatic dicarboxylic acid represented by the formula (III) with using a diaryl carbonate represented by the formula (IV).

Abstract: An antifouling coating

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition for connectors that is excellent in fluidity at the time of molding and is therefore capable of producing connectors with further suppressed degree of warpage. The object is achieved by providing a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition for connectors comprising a liquid crystalline polyester resin mixture which comprises a liquid crystalline polyester (A) having a specific flow beginning temperature and a liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) having a specific flow beginning temperature and the flow beginning temperature between the liquid crystalline polyester resin (A) and the liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) is from 20° C. to 60° C., and from 15 to 180 parts by weight of a fibrous and/or plate-shaped inorganic filler; wherein both of the liquid crystalline polyester resin (A) and the liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) are produced by the specific method.

Abstract: An identifier adding circuit adds an identifier specifying the channel of each PES packet output from a TS decoder to a header of each PES packet; an identifier selecting circuit reads PID information corresponding to the identifier added to each PES packet from an identifier table, and then stores PES packets for respective channels into respective storage regions CH1 to CHn in a bank memory instructed for the read PID information by a controller; and a decoding circuit decodes the stored PES packets for the respective channels.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polyester amide which has improved mechanical strength and high elastic modulus after being molded into a thin wall article as well as exhibits excellent heat stability and moldability. The present invention provides an aromatic polyester amide comprising the following repeating units (a)-(d): [wherein n in (c) represents 0 or 1] wherein (a) is from 2 to 20 mole %, (b) is from 30 to 65 mole %, (c) is from 15 to 35 mole % and (d) is from 15 to 30 mole % provided that the sum of (a) to (d) is 100 mole %.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic polyester which is obtained by condensation polymerization reaction of terephthalic acid, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid and acylated product obtained by acylation of parahydroxybenzoic acid and hydroquinone with fatty acid anhydride, wherein said aromatic polyester satisfy the following conditions (A) to (D), and the acylation and/or the condensation polymerization reaction are conducted in the presence of heterocyclic organic compound containing at least two nitrogen atoms:

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition to produce a molded article without generating black foreign materials even if exposed to high temperature.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mirco powder capable of producing a thin film with precision thickness. This object is achieved by a micro powder having an average particle size of from 0.5 to 50 &mgr;m, obtained by grinding a liquid crystalline polyester having a flow beginning temperature of from 200° C. to 270° C.

Abstract: A first thin film including at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe and Ni, and a second thin film including at least one platinum group element selected from the group consisting of Pt and Pd are prepared. Then, a multilayered structure where said first thin film and said second thin film are stacked is formed. Then, the multilayered structure is heated at the same time or after the formation of said multilayered structure, thereby to counter-diffuse constituent elements of said first thin film and said second thin film and alloy said at least one transition metal and said platinum group element.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition for connectors that is excellent in fluidity at the time of molding and is therefore capable of producing connectors with further suppressed degree of warpage. The object is achieved by providing a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition for connectors comprising a liquid crystalline polyester resin mixture which comprises a liquid crystalline polyester (A) having a specific flow beginning temperature and a liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) having a specific flow beginning temperature and the flow beginning temperature between the liquid crystalline polyester resin (A) and the liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) is from 20° C. to 60° C., and from 15 to 180 parts by weight of a fibrous and/or plate-shaped inorganic filler; wherein both of the liquid crystalline polyester resin (A) and the liquid crystalline polyester resin (B) are produced by the specific method.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing high purity cyanate derived from a phenol compound represented by the following formula (I): in the formula, each of A independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X represents a single bond, an organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfone group, a divalent sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, i and n represent an integer from 0 to 4. The cyanate contains low amount of impurities such as unreacted phenols and imidecarbonate, and is preferably used as a thermosetting resin for a sealing, laminate, composite material, molding material and adhesive for electric parts.

Abstract: The present invention provide a liquid crystalline polyester that can be used in production of a molded article having sufficient mechanical strengths in which the melted liquid crystalline polyester has sufficient fluidity in thin-walled portions when the thin-walled molded article is manufactured, and to provide a method for producing the liquid crystalline polyester. A liquid crystalline polyester obtained by copolymerizing 4-acyloxybenzoic acids (I) and 2-acyloxy-6-naphthoic acids (II) in the presence of an imidazole (V) can be used in production of a molded article in which the melted liquid crystalline polyester has sufficient fluidity in thin-walled portions when the thin-walled molded article is manufactured, and which has sufficient mechanical strengths as well, thereby completing the present invention.

Abstract: An information providing center calculates an estimated traveling time to elapse before a vehicle arrives at a destination by using traveling information transmitted from an on-vehicle system and determines contents information to be provided to the on-vehicle system in conformance to the calculated traveling time. The information providing center prepares a program list containing the contents information that has been selected, information indicating the order in which the contents information is to be played and media information indicating how the contents information is to be obtained and transmits the program list to the on-vehicle system. The on-vehicle system obtains and plays the contents information as indicated in the transmitted program list.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polyester amide which has improved mechanical strength and high elastic modulus after being molded into a thin wall article as well as exhibits excellent heat stability and moldability.

Abstract: By means of a liquid crystalline polyester resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystalline polyester forming an anisotropic melt phase, and not less than 0.01 part by weight and not more than 0.

Abstract: In a method of customer preference estimation for estimating a customer preference with regard to a type of information to be provided, which is adopted in a system that provides a customer with various types of information in conformance to various information providing programs, information provision history data indicating information providing program selection method, the corresponding customer state and the customer response to the provided information are recorded each time information is provided to the customer.