Abstract: A digital broadcast method includes receiving audio and video data that form a predetermined content for digital broadcasting; receiving related data indicating a content related to the predetermined content; performing a control that transmits the received related data to a data receiving device prior to transmitting the received audio data and video data; receiving the audio and video data that form the predetermined content and the related data of the predetermined content that have been subject to the control; changing a viewing channel in response to a changing instruction of the viewing channel from a viewer; and outputting, when the viewing channel is changed from a first channel number to a second channel number at the changing and then changed to the first channel number again, the received related data with audio and video data corresponding to the first channel number to an output unit.

Abstract: A data transmitting device transmits section information, a data broadcasting content, and a broadcasting content in a multiplexed manner. The data transmitting device includes a specified-information embedding unit that embeds information related to a specified image into the section information; a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the section information embedded with the specified information by the specified-information embedding unit, the data broadcasting content, and the broadcasting content; and a transmitting unit that transmits data multiplexed by the multiplexing unit to a data receiving device.

Abstract: The present invention herein provide a cleaning agent which comprises (A) an aqueous solution or an aqueous dispersion containing a linear poly(meth)acrylamide having an average molecular weight of not less than 5×106 as determined according to the intrinsic viscosity-determining technique in a concentration ranging from 0.0001 to 0.01% by mass; (B) a poly(hexamethylene-biguanide) hydrochloride represented by the following general formula (1); and (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, and ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol with alcohols each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and esters thereof with fatty acids each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, glycine and taurine: [—(CH2)m—NH—C(NH)—NH—C(NH)—NH—(CH2)n—]p.HCl??General Formula (1) wherein m and n each represent an integer ranging from 2 to 5 and p is an integer ranging from 5 to 16.

Abstract: Disclosed is a biodevice which has a porous membrane (8) and flow paths (10) and (12) formed therein. In a preferred embodiment, the flow path (10) and the flow path (12) are opposed to each other with the porous membrane (8) being interposed between them. The flow path (10) serves as a first reaction chamber through which a first solution is allowed to pass so as to be brought into contact with one of the surfaces of the porous membrane (8). The flow path (12) serves as a second reaction chamber through which a second solution is allowed to pass so as to be brought into contact with the other surface of the porous membrane (8). In the flow path (10), first cells are immobilized on the porous membrane (8). In the flow path (12), second cells are immobilized on the porous membrane (8).

Abstract: A semiconductor device (antenna switch) causes a switch circuit to perform a switching operation by using a logic circuit. The switch circuit and the logic circuit are formed on a single semiconductor substrate and a shield conductor is provided or arranged directly over the logic circuit. The shield conductor can have an air bridge structure and can be connected to a ground terminal.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus configured to perform sub-band encoding, the apparatus includes: a plurality of encoding units configured to encode an image signal separated into a plurality of sections; a plurality of storage units configured to hold data encoded by the encoding units; and a control unit configured to determine capacities of encoded data of the section of the separated image signal on the basis of statistical information capacities of the section of the separated image signal and data capacities after encoding by the encoding units.

Abstract: A detecting section in an information processing apparatus is configured to detect an event sound from audio, the audio having been recorded when video was shot. The information processing apparatus also includes a calculating section configured to determine an event playback time at which an image associated with the event sound is played back in a video playback time sequence, the video playback time sequence corresponding to a playback speed lower than a shooting speed of the video and a determining section configured to determine a playback start time of the event sound during the video playback time sequence in accordance with the event playback time.

Abstract: The present invention herein provide a cleaning agent which comprises (A) an aqueous solution or an aqueous dispersion containing a linear poly(meth)acrylamide having an average molecular weight of not less than 5×106 as determined according to the intrinsic viscosity-determining technique in a concentration ranging from 0.0001 to 0.01% by mass; (B) a poly(hexamethylene-biguanide) hydrochloride represented by the following general formula (1); and (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, and ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol with alcohols each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and esters thereof with fatty acids each having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, glycine and taurine: [—(CH2)m—NH—C(NH)—NH—C(NH)—NH—(CH2)n—]p.HCl??General Formula (1) wherein m and n each represent an integer ranging from 2 to 5 and p is an integer ranging from 5 to 16.

Abstract: A LCD device element of frequency modulation mode enables high speed on and off control of an electro-optical response by switching the frequency of applied electric field. The LCD device element is capable of changing a frequency modulation range freely. The LCD device element has conductive layers between two parallel substrates; liquid crystal (LC) alignment layers with pre-tilt angle on these conductive layers; and a LC layer between the two liquid crystal alignment layers. LC soluble particles (nanoparticles composing a core and a liquid crystal molecules or like molecules on its periphery), are in the LC layer. A control circuit applies voltage while modulating frequency on the conductive layer for varying light transmittance of the LC layer. Under a constant voltage, an electro-optical response is turned on by switching the frequency from low to high frequency and is turned off by switching the frequency from high to low frequency. The electro-optical response is varied also by varying voltage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition which can suppress dependency of a driving voltage on a temperature by decreasing the driving voltage. To a low-molecular liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a specific acrylate and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound as polymerizable acrylate compounds are added, to prepare a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition. By subjecting the polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition to ultraviolet exposure while maintaining a desired alignment state to form a polymer chain in a liquid crystal phase, a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal display device containing a low-molecular liquid crystal in a stabilized alignment state is obtained.

Abstract: According to the invention, a down-sampler samples down a signal whose low frequency component is cut to ½. A sign inversion unit cyclically multiplies the sampled-down high-frequency sub-band signal by a negative value and outputs a sign-inverted high-frequency sub-band signal. Thus, in the frequency characteristic of the high-frequency sub-band signal, the signal power on the low frequency side can be increased.

Abstract: According to a junction FET of the present invention, the depth of a channel region is made shallow by selectively performing ion implantation and diffusion. Since the channel region forms a pn junction together with a p type semiconductor layer with relatively low impurity concentration, the improvement in the high frequency characteristic and the reduction in the amount of the leakage current because of the reduction in a junction capacitance can be achieved. Moreover, the depth of a gate region is also made shallow by ion implantation, and thus the reduction in noise because of the reduction in the internal resistance can be achieved.

Abstract: In a decoding apparatus in accordance with H.264, when the POC type is determined as “1” and a recovery point SEI is detected, the maximum frame number MaxFrameNum (or its integral multiple) is set as the initial value of the frame number offset (FrameNumOffset).

Abstract: A moving image processing system includes an encoding apparatus encoding a moving image by encoding a picture order count (POC) while inserting a recovery point, and a decoding apparatus decoding the moving image encoded by the encoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus includes an insertion permission/rejection determining unit that determines whether a decoded frame is a reference frame and its frame number from an instantaneous decoding refresh frame is a positive integer times as large as a number of reference frames within a POC cycle, and a recovery point inserting unit that inserts the recovery point into the frame depending on a result of determination by the insertion permission/rejection determining unit. The decoding apparatus includes a POC decoding unit that decodes the POC by executing an initializing process such that the frame number within the POC cycle used in decoding the POC becomes zero, when decoding by random accessing is started.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus encodes image data using a picture order count (POC) that indicates a display order of a picture. The encoding apparatus includes a remainder calculating unit that calculates a remainder by dividing an absolute frame number counted from an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture by a divisor which is a number of reference frames in one POC cycle, and a remainder code converting unit that coverts the remainder calculated by the remainder calculating unit into a code. A decoding apparatus decodes image data using the POC. The decoding apparatus includes a remainder extracting unit that, when random access decoding is performed, extracts a remainder by decoding a remainder code added to a picture at a random decoding start position, and an initializing unit that initializes an input value of a decoding process for the POC, by using the remainder extracted by the remainder extracting unit.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus converts interlaced 4:2:2-format video signals including a luminance component and two chroma components into interlaced 4:2:0 format video signals. A downsampling low-pass filter has such a group delay that a modulo-1 remainder of the group delay at frequency ?=0 is substantially equal to 0.25. The downsampling low-pass filter is designed together with an associated upsampling low-pass filter such that the first downsampling low-pass filter and the upsampling low-pass filter substantially satisfy perfect reconstruction filter bank condition, and such that a sum of the group delay of the first downsampling low-pass filter and a group delay of a normalized filter obtained by making the sum of all the coefficients of the upsampling low-pass filter equal to 1 is substantially equal to an integer number at frequency ?=0.

Abstract: An decomposition filter includes a top-field low-frequency decomposition filter and a bottom-field low-frequency decomposition filter whose coefficient is obtained by vertically inverting the coefficient of the top-field low-frequency decomposition filter. It also includes a top-field high- frequency decomposition filter and a bottom-field high-frequency decomposition filter whose coefficient is obtained by vertically inverting the coefficient of the top-field high-frequency decomposition filter. The above-described filters are switched and used according to which an input signal is for, a top-field or a bottom-field.

Abstract: In a J-FET for large current use, there has been a limitation on reduction in a chip size or enlargement of the operation regions because two operation regions are arranged in line along a diagonal line of a chip. To eliminate the limitation, in this invention, gate regions are extended in a direction along one of sides of a chip, two operation regions are arranged along a first diagonal line of the chip, and two pad electrodes are arranged along a second diagonal line of the chip. Thus, the area on the chip can be effectively utilized. As a result, a chip size can be reduced with the same operation region area, and the operation region area can be increased with the same chip size.

Abstract: A shallow channel region is selectively formed by ion implantation and diffusion. Since the channel region forms pn junctions with a p type semiconductor layer having a relatively low impurity concentration, a reduction of a junction capacitance leads to improvement in high-frequency characteristics. Moreover, since a gate region can also be shallowly formed by ion implantation, noise can be reduced by reduction in an internal resistance. Furthermore, a breakdown voltage and electrostatic breakdown characteristics can be improved by allowing the source and drain regions to penetrate the channel region.

Abstract: According to a junction FET of the present invention, the depth of a channel region is made shallow by selectively performing ion implantation and diffusion. Since the channel region forms a pn junction together with a p type semiconductor layer with relatively low impurity concentration, the improvement in the high frequency characteristic and the reduction in the amount of the leakage current because of the reduction in a junction capacitance can be achieved. Moreover, the depth of a gate region is also made shallow by ion implantation, and thus the reduction in noise because of the reduction in the internal resistance can be achieved.