Abstract: A control point extraction unit (1d) is configured to extract, when a center of a joint portion (V) of a fifth rotary shaft (C5) is defined as a control point (A), a position (P1) of the control point (A) for a teaching point (T1) and a position (P2) of the control point (A) for a teaching point (T2). A linear path calculation unit (1e) is configured to calculate a linear path (L) that passes through the position (P1) and the position (P2). An arm movement calculation unit (1f) is configured to generate teaching data (D1) by calculating a movement of an arm (3) to cause the control point (A) to move along the linear path (L) from the position (P1) to the position (P2).

Abstract: A control point extraction unit (1d) is configured to extract, when a center of a joint portion (V) of a fifth rotary shaft (C5) is defined as a control point (A), a position (P1) of the control point (A) for a teaching point (T1) and a position (P2) of the control point (A) for a teaching point (T2). A linear path calculation unit (1e) is configured to calculate a linear path (L) that passes through the position (P1) and the position (P2). An arm movement calculation unit (1f) is configured to generate teaching data (D1) by calculating a movement of an arm (3) to cause the control point (A) to move along the linear path (L) from the position (P1) to the position (P2).

Abstract: There is provided a photobase generator and a photosensitive resin composition containing the photobase generator. The photobase generator includes an ammonium salt represented by general formula (1). In formula (1), R1 to R4 independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or Ar, wherein at least one of R1 to R4 represents Ar; Ar represents an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms (excluding carbon atoms contained in a substituent as mentioned below), wherein some of hydrogen atoms in the aryl group may be independently substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or the like; Y+ represents an ammonio group represented by general formula (2) or (3); and E represents a hydrogen atom or a group represented by general formula (5).

Abstract: Provided is a welding apparatus by which a worker can work in a comfortable posture, with which a space can be effectively utilized at a low cost, and which can reliably weld workpieces. Specifically, a pair of jigs are circumferentially provided on the upper surface of a circular rotating table around its outer circumference at intervals, and positions workpieces such that orientations of the workpieces are changeable. A welding robot is provided in a workpiece welded region. A control board outputs an operation signal to the rotating table such that the jigs respectively move into a workpiece set region and the workpiece welded region, and outputs an operation signal to the respective jigs such that the jig in the workpiece set region is inclined toward a side closer to the worker and the jig in the workpiece welded region is inclined according to welded parts of the workpieces.

Abstract: Provided is a novel sulfonium salt that has high solubility in a solvent and has high light sensitivity to, especially, light having a wavelength not longer than deep-UV (254 nm) and a novel photo-acid generator comprising the sulfonium salt. The invention relates to a sulfonium salt represented by the following general formula (1) and a novel photo-acid generator comprising the sulfonium salt. wherein R1 represents an electron withdrawing group; R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group; p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5; and X?represents a monovalent counter anion.

Abstract: Provided is a welding apparatus by which a worker can work in a comfortable posture, with which a space can be effectively utilized at a low cost, and which can reliably weld workpieces. Specifically, a pair of jigs are circumferentially provided on the upper surface of a circular rotating table around its outer circumference at intervals, and positions workpieces such that orientations of the workpieces are changeable. A welding robot is provided in a workpiece welded region. A control board outputs an operation signal to the rotating table such that the jigs respectively move into a workpiece set region and the workpiece welded region, and outputs an operation signal to the respective jigs such that the jig in the workpiece set region is inclined toward a side closer to the worker and the jig in the workpiece welded region is inclined according to welded parts of the workpieces.

Abstract: Provided is a novel sulfonium salt that has high solubility in a solvent and has high light sensitivity to, especially, light having a wavelength not longer than deep-UV (254 nm) and a novel photo-acid generator comprising the sulfonium salt. The invention relates to a sulfonium salt represented by the following general formula (1) and a novel photo-acid generator comprising the sulfonium salt. wherein R1 represents an electron withdrawing group; R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group; p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5; and X? represents a monovalent counter anion.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for cultivating an alga having ability to produce alginic acid industrially and effectively and a method for producing an alginic acid-containing composition industrially advantageously. The method for cultivating an alga according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the step of cultivating the alga heterotrophically, wherein the alga belongs to the genus Parachlorella and has ability to produce alginic acid.

Abstract: A variable-length code decoding apparatus that decodes a bitstream includes: a storage unit that stores a variable-length code table; a bitstream cutout unit that outputs a bit string of a fixed length; a reference unit that outputs decoded data and a code length with reference to the storage unit; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of the fixed length is accumulated; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of a length that is shorter than the fixed length is accumulated; and a selection unit that selects one of the determination results from the determination units. The bitstream cutout unit sets a starting bit based on the selected determination result, and the selection unit switches the selection of the determination results from the determination units.

Abstract: An arithmetic processing apparatus capable of performing an arithmetic operation for generating a condition flag commonly referred to by using a condition flag generated on an arithmetic operation unit basis in as few steps as possible is provided. The arithmetic processing apparatus, which processes multiple data in parallel based on single instruction, includes: processing elements capable of performing a common arithmetic operation based on the evaluation result of the instruction stored in the instruction register; and a condition flag arithmetic operation unit capable of performing one of the logical operation and the comparison operation on the condition flag retained in each processing element, transferring the operation result to each processing element, and updating the condition flag based on the operation result.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor; a data processing unit that performs particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execute an exception handler to the processor.

Abstract: A variable-length decoding device includes a data determination unit which determines whether or not each of component values decoded by a variable-length decoding unit is a specific value; a data buffer that holds only a component value which is not the specific value; a last valid data determination unit which determines component values other than the last one of the component values not the specific value in a block; a flag buffer which holds flags each having a corresponding component value among the component values from the component value at the beginning of the block to the last component value and indicating whether or not the corresponding component value is the specific value; a flag buffer control unit which sets the flags; a data buffer control unit which controls writing in the data buffer; and a selecting unit which selects either zero or a coefficient read from the data buffer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor; a data processing unit that performs particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execute an exception handler to the processor.

Abstract: A motion estimation device configured to estimate motion for blocks included in an input picture using a reference picture includes an internal reference memory configured to store the reference picture transferred from outside the motion estimation device; a motion estimator configured to estimate motion information for a target block that is a block of the input picture and where motion is to be estimated, using pixel data of the reference picture stored in the internal reference memory; a motion compensator configured to perform motion compensation for the target block using the motion information estimated by the motion estimator; and a reference memory manager configured to control the internal reference memory. The reference memory manager is configured to control the internal reference memory to store a luminance reference picture and a color-difference reference picture as the reference picture.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor a data processing unit that performs a particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue to the processor an interrupt request to execute an exception handler.

Abstract: A production method for an optical transmission element, wherein a cylindrical transparent resin is used as a core wire, a monomer becoming a polymer different in refractive index from the core wire after polymerized or a mixture of a monomer and a polymer is bonded to the outer periphery of the core wire and the monomer is diffused from the outer periphery of the core wire to thereby form the monomer inside the core wire at a proper concentration distribution, and then the monomer is further polymerized to the core wire to provide a distribution layer having different refractive indexes from the center toward the outer periphery, whereby it is possible to provide a graded index type optical transmission element at low costs with a simple facility.

Abstract: A variable-length code decoding apparatus that decodes a bitstream includes: a storage unit that stores a variable-length code table; a bitstream cutout unit that outputs a bit string of a fixed length; a reference unit that outputs decoded data and a code length with reference to the storage unit; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of the fixed length is accumulated; a determination unit that determines whether a bit string of a length that is shorter than the fixed length is accumulated; and a selection unit that selects one of the determination results from the determination units. The bitstream cutout unit sets a starting bit based on the selected determination result, and the selection unit switches the selection of the determination results from the determination units.

Abstract: A variable length code decoding apparatus according to the present invention includes: an extracting unit which extracts a bit string from a beginning of a bit stream; a first storage unit for storing a plurality of code words in which one piece of data has been coded, and decoded data and code lengths respectively corresponding to the code words; a second storage unit for storing a plurality of code words in which two or more pieces of data have been coded, and decoded data and code lengths respectively corresponding to the code words; a first judging unit which judges whether one of the code words stored in the first storage unit is included in the extracted bit string, and, when judged as being included, outputs the decoded data and the code length of the code word; and a second judging unit which judges whether a code word stored in the second storage unit is included in the extracted bit string, and when judged as being included, outputs the decoded data and the code length of the code word, wherein the

Abstract: An arithmetic processing apparatus capable of performing an arithmetic operation for generating a condition flag commonly referred to by using a condition flag generated on an arithmetic operation unit basis in as few steps as possible is provided. The arithmetic processing apparatus, which processes multiple data in parallel based on single instruction, includes: processing elements capable of performing a common arithmetic operation based on the evaluation result of the instruction stored in the instruction register; and a condition flag arithmetic operation unit capable of performing one of the logical operation and the comparison operation on the condition flag retained in each processing element, transferring the operation result to each processing element, and updating the condition flag based on the operation result.

Abstract: To provide an information processing apparatus capable of performing switching between an exception handler and normal processing, the information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a data processing unit operable to perform particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller operable to issue an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit operable to control the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line, the data processing unit includes a notification unit operable to notify, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information showing a current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue an interrupt request to execut