Abstract: An actuator unit of the present invention includes upper and lower frames respectively connectable to a thigh frame and a lower leg frame, an actuator-side rotational connecting part connecting both frames in a rotatable manner around a pivot axis, a driver producing driving force for rotating the lower frame around the pivot axis, upper and lower connecting bodies respectively connecting the upper frame to the thigh frame and the lower frame to the lower leg frame, and an intermediate connecting body connecting the vicinity of the actuator-side rotational connecting part to the vicinity of a brace-side rotational connecting part, the intermediate connecting body having a ball stud and an accommodation depression respectively provided on one and the other of the knee-ankle-foot orthosis and the actuator unit.

Abstract: A reproduction film is made capable of obtaining stable reproduction characteristics constantly. A master negative film is used to transfer data onto a reproduction film upon exposing the master negative film on which the data is recorded at the prescribed gray value, when multiple exposed areas and unexposed areas having the predetermined shape are arranged alternatively, and at the same time, the readout pattern having a guard band between the exposed area and unexposed area on the master negative film to control readout timing of the data transferred to the reproduction film, the width of the guard band is controlled corresponding to the gray value. Thereby, the signal level to be obtained from the reproduction film is to keep the fixed relative value with respect to the signal level to be obtained from the data part transferred to the reproduction film.

Abstract: In the structure for reinforcing a concrete member and the reinforcing method of the present invention, a reinforcing sheet is arranged and joined to a various kinds of concrete member, such as column, beam, wall, floor, and the like, by applying the reinforcing sheet to the surface of the concrete member and attaching to the fixing anchors joined to the concrete member or the other concrete member surrounding the concrete member. The fixing anchor comprises a large amount of reinforcing fiber, and is obtained by bundling a part of the reinforcing fiber. The unbundled portion of the fixing anchor is spread along the surface of the concrete member. The reinforcing sheet is over-lapped to the unbundled portion using resin adhesives. In addition, reinforcing fibers, such as carbon fiber, aramid fiber, glass fiber, and the like are preferably used as the material comprising the fixing anchor and reinforcing sheet. Thereby, the reinforcing member can be joined via the fixing anchor to the concrete members.

Abstract: A Y/C separating filter apparatus for outputting a carrier chrominance signal and a luminance signal from a color video signal supplied thereto comprises first and second three-dimensional filters for subtracting the color video signal and signals of one or two- frame period-advanced or delayed signals from each other to obtain first and second carrier chrominance signals, a selector circuit for selecting the first and second carrier chrominance signals and an average third carrier chrominance signal to obtain the carrier chrominance signal, and a judging circuit for judging first and second correlations between the color video signal and first or second frame period-advanced or delayed signals, wherein the selector circuit is selected in response to a judged result of the judging circuit, the selector circuit selects the first carrier chrominance signal when the first correlation is higher than the second correlation, the selector circuit selects the second carrier chrominance signal when the second correlat

Abstract: A residue calculation circuit which can achieve increase of the calculation speed and reduction of the scale of an integrated circuit.

Abstract: A digital video signal processing device is capable of avoid phase difference of video signals in case of converting the rate of digital video signals. In case of converting the first digital video signal to the second digital video signal, the sync points of the first digital video signal and the second digital video signal can be coincided by coinciding the predetermined numbered clock timings of the first and second clocks with a clock synchronizing device. Since the rate is converted in utilizing a filter having a characteristic to coincide sync points of the first and second digital video signals, sync points of the first digital video signal and the second digital video signal can be coincided, so that the phase difference of video signals can be avoided in advance in either case.

Abstract: A sampling rate converting apparatus is arranged in such a manner that, in a case where the frequency ratio of a first or a second sampling frequency holds a simple integral relationship, its oversampling filters are composed of FIR type digital filters the length of each of which corresponds to the least common multiple of the frequency ratio so that the first or the second sampling frequency of the digital signal is converted into the second or the first sampling frequency.A sampling rate converting apparatus is arranged in such a manner that coefficients to be given to weighting means of oversampling filters are changed by selecting coefficient data of coefficient generating means including a plurality of selectable coefficient data so that, in a case where the frequency ratio of the first or the second sampling frequency does not hold a simple integral relationship, the first or the second sampling frequency of the digital signal can be converted into the second or the first sampling frequency.

Abstract: In a sampling rate converter which converts a sampling frequency of digital signals sampled at a first sampling frequency into a second sampling frequency, output clocks corresponding to the second sampling frequency are counted in a cyclic fashion from an initial value to a maximum value based on periodicity of the first and second sampling frequencies. Coefficient addresses are generated in accordance with the resulting count value and a coefficient correction value which is determined in accordance with the number of counts of the maximum value and the periodicity of the first and second sampling frequencies, the number of counts of the maximum value being the number of times the output clocks are counted to the maximum value. The sampling frequency of digital signals sampled at the first sampling frequency is thus converted into the second sampling frequency with a simple construction of counting to the maximum value in accordance with the periodicity of the sampling frequencies.

Abstract: A digital signal processing circuit of a so-called RNS system in which a residue number system ("RNS") encoder for converting input data into RNS code data is provided with a converter for connecting the input data into a multiple of one or more of the moduli of the RNS code. The converter is operated in the case of occurrence of trouble in the processing system of the modulus to locate the site of the trouble on the basis of the output of the digital signal processing circuit.

Abstract: In a sampling rate converter, an input digital video signal has its sampling rate converted from a first sampling frequency to a second or different sampling frequency by oversampling the input digital video signal at a rate which is an integral multiple of the first sampling frequency so as to generate zero values between data of the input digital video signal, interpolating an output signal from the oversampled input digital video signal, decimating the interpolated output signal for generating therefrom a digital video signal having the desired second sampling frequency, and only then applying the digital video signal having the second sampling frequency to a low pass filter, preferably of the finite impulse response type, for eliminating therefrom an undesirable signal component which is due to the sample rate conversion and which appears between frequency bands of one-half of the first and second sampling frequencies, respectively.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding data in the residue number system, input binary data are supplied to an encoder to be divided by moduli m.sub.0, m.sub.1, m.sub.2, . . . m (i.e., positive integers having a mutually prime relation). Residue data corresponding to respective moduli are output from the encoder to a digital filter circuit including a plurality of digital filters, each filter corresponding to a respective modulus. Processing for some specified application is performed by the digital filters based, for example, on the Mixed Radix Conversion Method method to generate output data still in the residue format. The residue data output from the digital filters then are input to a decoder to be converted back into binary data. Encoding is performed by splitting n-bit straight binary data into, for example, upper bit data and lower bit data, received by respective ROM tables. Each ROM table outputs a value to another common ROM table which outputs the converted residue data.

Abstract: A relatively simplified sampling frequency converter for use in a format conversion apparatus is operative to convert sampled input data of an input sampling frequency into sampled output data of an output sampling frequency. The converter has an over-sampling circuit for increasing the sampling frequency of the sampled input data by a predetermined factor or coefficient to provide over-sampled data; an output data extractor for periodically extracting data from the over-sampled data in response to a timing pulse having the output sampling frequency; and a controller for controlling the phase of the timing pulse which controls the phase of the sampled output data.

Abstract: A pattern material for making foundry patterns for use in investment casting process, comprising urea, polyvinyl alcohol and a substance, said substance being capable of forming an eutectic mixture with polyvinyl alcohol to reduce the melting temperature of urea.

Abstract: A circuit for detecting motion of a color video signal includes serially-connected first and second frame memories for storing the video signal frame-by-frame. First and second difference video signals are produced which respectively correspond to the difference between the input and output signals of the first frame memory and the difference between the input and output signals of the second frame memory, whereupon first and second absolute values are generated in response to the first and second difference video signals, respectively. Such first and second absolute values are employed for detecting first and second correlation patterns of the first and second difference video signals, respectively, and then motion of the video signal is discriminated on the basis of the detected correlation patterns.

Abstract: An input receives a digital video signal that when free of error lies within a given frequency band and when not free of error contains components lying outside the frequency band. Such components have an amplitude versus frequency distribution that is a function of the number and location of errors in the digital video signal. A detector is responsive to the input for detecting components of the digital video signal lying outside the frequency band, and a pattern recognition circuit responsive to the detector produces an output indicative of the number and location of the errors.

Abstract: The output vapor pressure of a boiler system is controlled by selectively starting or stopping a plurality of boiler units (#1 to #4) shiftable between a high combustion state to a low combustion state in accordance with the output vapor pressure of the entire system or by shifting the boiler units between the high and low combustion states. At least two boiler units among the plurality of boiler units are selected as adjustment units in accordance with the output vapor pressure of the entire system. Each of the adjustment units is forced to shift alternately between the high and low combustion states in accordance with the output vapor pressure while continuously holding the adjustment units in the operating state.

Abstract: In an apparatus for detecting movement of a television image in response to frame difference data corresponding to a difference between present frame data and previous frame data, a video signal is divided into a plurality of segmental areas for each frame, a pixel or picture element is selected to represent each of the segmental areas, frame difference data are produced for each of the segmental areas by calculating differences in the position or coordinates of a pixel representative of a segmental area of a previous frame from the respective picture element of the corresponding segmental area in the present frame, and each of the calculated differences smaller than a predetermined magnitude, and which would be characteristic of a stationary background portion of the television image, is omitted from the frame difference data. This is effective to improve the movement vector detection accuracy.

Abstract: A method for recording a video signal having luminance and chrominance signals by using a plurality of rotary transducing heads on a recording tape moved longitudinally by a drive mechanism, in which the time axis of the video signal is extended as long as N times, the time axis expanded video signal is divided to N channels, and first and second pilot signals having a predetermined frequency are alternately inserted into a predetermined position of a horizontal blanking period of the divided video signal. In this case, the DC voltage level of the first and second pilot signals is selected near the white peak level and near the black level respectively.

Abstract: Mode changing in a tape recorder/reproducer is effected by means of the tape drive motor and a cam driven linkage under the control of a solenoid, and the timing of the energization of the solenoid within the control cycle determines the mode of the recorder/reproducer which is established.

Abstract: An electrodeposition method of electrodepositing a material with a flat and smooth surface, in which an electrolytic condition such as a speed of movement of a cathode relative to an electrolyte, an electrolytic current density, a duty ratio of an interrupted electrolytic current or an interruption frequency of an electrolytic current is changed periodically from a normal value to another value and back again.